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AUTHOR'S PREFACK. 



\^, HE) mission of All About the Midwinter Fair is to provide 
visitors to tlie California Midwinter International Exposi- 
tion of 1894 with a convenient and reliable guide to all places 
of interest witliin the Fair grounds and in San Francisco and 
its environs, and to furnish them with such information con- 
cerning the resources and attractions of the Golden State as 
will be of service to them while sojourning here and of interest 
to them, possibly, after returning to their homes. The information 
contained in it has been carefully prepared and it has been arranged 
in a way handy for ready reference. Strict attention has been given 
to conciseness as well as to correctness of statement, so that the 
reader may not be wearied by prolixity nor worried through being 
misled by erroneous information. The maps and illustrations 
included will be found instructive as well as useful. A com- 
prehensive index has also been provided, and the size and shape 
of the book have been made to fit the pocket without encumber- 
ing it. 

The visitor to the Midwinter Bxposition wall, therefore, find 
in All About the Midwinter Fair a friendly medium for the 
removal of most of the troublesome annoyances and perplexities 
which are liable to be encountered in his ramblings without its 
asvsistance. 

Residents of California will find within the covers of this 
handbook just such information concerning the State, San Fran- 
cisco and the Midwinter Fair as the}^ would desire to communi- 
cate to their friends abroad, by whom it will, without doubt, be 
regarded as a very acceptable gift. 



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HE popularity of All About the Midwinter'- Fair has been 
so great as to necessitate a second Edition. This is presented 
to the public now in a much more complete and compre- 
hensive form than the first edition, for the California Midwinter 
Exposition of to-day is a very different thing to what it was when 
first thrown open to the public. 

So much of the contents of the first edition as has been pre- 
served in the present one has been carefully revised. This edition 
contains a good deal more matter than the first edition. The 
chapter on the Fair itself has been nearly entirely re-written, and 
a great many additions made to it, which will greatly increase the 
interest of the reader in it and enhance its value greatly as a 
directory to the Fair Grounds, and as a souvenir of the Mid- 
winter ExpOvSition for friends abroad. 

No expense has been spared either in the matter or illustra- 
tion. The present edition contains scores of new half-tone plioto- 
engravures of first-class execution of scenes in the Fair Grounds 
which the first edition did not contain, and which it was then 
impossible to obtain because they did not then exist. Such a 
handsomely illustrated book has never before been offered to the 
public in California for the price. The author feels confident 
that his efforts, and the efforts of the publishers, will be duly 
appreciated, and the second edition of All About the JMidivijitcr 
Fair will receive a welcome even warmer than that which was 
accorded the first edition. 

San Franc IvSCo, IVIay, 1894. 



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CONTENTS, 



PAGE 

Academy of Sciences 32 

Adjacent Towns and Cities 48 

Administration Building 5, 118 

Admission of California. 4 

Adult Blind, Industrial Home 15 

Agnews 14 

Agricultural Building 119 

Agricultural Products 4 

Alameda County Building 128 

Alameda, Population of 49 

Alcatraz 49 

Alcazar Theatre 38 

American Occupation 4 

Amuirements 38, 67 

Amphibia, Santa Barbara 75 

Angel Island 49 

Anne Hathaway 's Cottage 143 

Art Association 39 

Art Building 73 

Asylums 14 

Aviary 71 

Allegorical Fountain, 145 

Automatic Race Course 166 

Baldwin Theater 38 

Baseball Pitcher Statue 63 

Bay Climate 51 

Bay Ferries 27 

Bay, San Francisco 47 

Bay, San Pablo 48 

Bay, Suisun 49 

Big Facts 17 

Big Farms 6 

Biggest Ferry Boat in the World. 26 

Big Orchards 6 

Big Vineyards 6 

Boarding Houses 52 

Bohemian Club Coffee 106 

Boundaries Chinese Quarters 42 

Boone's Arena 165 

Branch Postoffices 35 

Brothers, Two 48 

Buffalo Paddock 58 

Buildings, Fair 117-119 

Buildings, Notable 30 

Bureau, Hotel 52 

Bush Street Theater 38 

Byron Springs 71, 78. 79 

Beamish, P 52a 

Bureau of Information 68 

Bartlett Springs 71-76-77 

Bulletin 38, 98 

Baxter, PI. W 100 

Bullock & Jones 107 

Butterworth, Thomas C 100 

Boat Builders 109 

Belvedere, The 110 

Beeger, Henry 139 

Bicycle Track 153 

Cable Railroads 51 

Cabrillo's Voyage 1 

Cairo, Streets of 152 

California in Autumn 10 

California ('linnite 7 

California in Midwinter Sb 

California in Spring 8b 

California in Summer 10 



PAGE 

California's Floral Emblem 8 

California Theater 38 

California, University of 15 

Car (street) Fares , 54 

Carquinez Strait 26b 

Cazadero 72, 85, 86 

Cemeteries 45 

Charges Side-Shows 183 

Children's Park Playground... .39, 58 

Chinese Holidays 45 

Chinese Quarters 40 

Chinese Restaurant 41 

Chinese Theaters 38, 42 

Chinese Pagoda 150 

Churches , 39 

City aTid County Buildings ' 33 

City Hall 33 

Cliff" House 45, 51 

Climate 7, .51 

Clubs 38b 

Coffee 106, 150 

Collections, Minerals, etc 33 

Commissioners, County 188, 190 

Commissioners, Foreign 191 

Commissioners, State 188 

Contents of the Park 57 

Consuls, Foreign 194 

Conservatory, Park 58 

Cost Fair Buildings 184, 185 

Cost Park Improvements 58 

Curios 33 

Custom House 34 

Chronicle 38 

Californian, Illustrated 38 

Call, Morning 38 

Concessionaires 192 

Columbian, The 52a, 55b 

Camp Taylor 84 

Cannon's Sheep Dip 91 

Calderwood's Kheumatism Cure.. 92 

Collins & Co 103 

Cascade Laundry 105 

Climate in San Mateo County 134 

Canada's Exhibit 143 

Central Court 145 

Cider Press (Bronze) 146 

Central Court at Night 149 

Carnes, W. H 11 

Chinese ^Mission 149 

Ceylon Tea Garden 151 

Colorado (J old Mine 185 

County Concessionaires 188, 190 

l>eaf Mute and lUind Asylum .... 11 

Deer Park 5S 

Del Monte 70 

Descalso Bros 9;> 

De Young, M. II. 83.115,117 

Discoyery of California 1 

Diyisions Meteorological 7 

Dt)lores, Mission 12, 51 

Drake's Lnnding 61 

l)rake's Memorial 61 

Driyes in San Kranciseo 5(^ 

Duggan, James B 107 

Duncan's Mills 85 

Doherty, J 95 



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CONTENTS 



Davton's Pen Extractor. . .95, 166, 195 

Dealy, C. Alkn 109 

Early Fruits 5 

Electric Tower 122 

Entrances to Park 61 

Esquimaux Village 152 

Eschscholtzias 8 

Establishments, Mi^^sion 2 

Evening^ Bulletin 38, 98, 119 

Excursions 69, 110 

Exhibits, Foreign 119 

Exposition Otficers 115, 116 

Exposition Grounds 117 

Examiner 38 

El Monte Hotel 86 

Electric Fountain 145 

Fair Officers 115, 116 

Fair Buildings, Cost of 184, 185 

Farm, Ostrich 152 

Farms, Big 6 

Fathers. Franciscan 2 

Ferries, Bay 26b 

Ferry Landings 28 

Fine' Arts Building 119 

Finest Drive in the ^Yo^ld 50 

Firth Wheel 165 

Flood Mansion 37 

Floral Emblem (State) 8 

Foreign Commissioners 191 

Foreign Consuls 194 

Foreign Exhibits 119 

Forts in the Bay 23 

Founding the Missions 2 

Franciscan Fathers 2 

French Library 39 

Free Library . .*. 39 

Free List at*Fair 183 

Friars, Franciscan 2 

Fruit Districts 5 

Fruit Growing 5 

Ford d: Co., C. W. E 107 

Faigo d: Co., E. A 109 

Frank. M. E 109 

First Sod 121 

Fresno County 126 

Festival Hall *. 128 

Fruit Growing in San Mateo Co . .132 

Frank d: Co., S. H 139 

Fountains 145 

Forty-nine Camp 155-161 

Fair* Grounds 117 

Game 15 

Game Seasons 15 

Garfield Monument 62 

Gate, Golden 25 

Gate Park, Golden 57 

Gates of San Francisco 25 

German Village. 150 

Geysers 71 

Goldberg, Bowen cfc Lebenbaum. . iv 

Golden Gate 25 

Gold Mining 4 

Gold Product 4 

Grand Drive , 50 

Ground Plan of Fair 98, 99 

Gr*ice ci- Co., J. W 91 

Hack Fare 53 

Hahn. Eugene I6l 

Halleck Monument 62 

Halsted >k Co 91 

Hammam Baths 110 

Hats 103, 108 

Hawaiian Village 150 

Hawaiian Cyclorama 150 

Health Resorts 21 

Heidelburg Castle 150 

Heights, Sutro 51 

Herrmann ifc Co., C 108 



PAGE 

History of Exposition 117 

Hop Culture 8 

Horticultural Building 119 

Hotel Bureau 52 

Hotels 52 

Hotel Pleasanton 52 

Houses, Boarding, etc 52a 

How to Get to the Park 57 

How to Get to the Springs 21 

How to Get to the Eesorts 21 

Hydraulic Mining 4 

Humboldt County Building 127 

Improvements, Park 58 

Indians. Mission 2 

Industrial Home Adult Blind 15 

Inside Quadrangle 122 

Interesting Collections 33 

Itineraries 69 

Jack Rabbit Hunting 15 

Japanese Village 168-179 

Jiniriksha 153 

Junipero Serra 2 

Kern c\: Eibach 101 

Kern Co. Building 124 

Kinsr's Countv 126 

Klinkner cL- Co., C. A 101 

Knapp. C. E. 138 

Knapp, R. 1 140 

La Mazeno 2d page cover 

La Questa i39 

Larkspur Inn 82, 83 

Lassen Buttes 13 

La Verite 99 

Leland Stanford, Jr., University.. 14 

Liberal Arts Building 118 

Libraries, San Francisco 39 

Lick Observatory 14, 72 

Lick Statuary. ..'. 147 

Lighthouses, San Francisco 23 

Liifhthouse Station 49 

Loryea, Dr 110 

Love, James H 161 

3Ianufactures Building 117 

Market Street, San Francisco 28 

Mark Hopkins' Institute of Art. . . 37 

Mar^hal^s Di>covery 4 

Masonic Temple 31 

Memorial Cros- 1, 64 

Mendocino, Named After 1 

MetiopoliTan Artery 28 

Miche's, Wand et Co 100 

Midwinter Fa^r Buildings 117, 119 

Midwinter Fair Grounds 117 

Midwinter Fair. Origin of 117 

Militarv Reservations 45 

Mills Building 31 

Mineral Springs 13, 21 

Mining Camp 77 

Mission Dolores 47 

Mission Indians 2 

Missions of California 2 

Montague &: Co., W. W....back cover 

Monterey Building 128 

Montenegro 150 

Monuments, Park 62 

Mountain Scenery 10 

Mount Diablo H 

Mount Shasta 10 

Mount St. Helena 11 

Mount Tamalpais H 

Mount Whitney H 

Moorish Maze 150 

Municipal Buildings 33 

Morning Call 38 

Midwinter Fair Hotel and Board- 
ing Bureau 52a 

Midwinter Fair Hotel and Room 
Renting Co 52a 



CONTENTS 



PAGE 

Mount Hamilton 11, 72 

Mill Valley 81 

Maeondray Bros, and Loetard. . .103 

Morosco's Grand Opera House 105 

Milda 106 

Midwinter Fair Officers 115, 116 

Mechanioal Arts Building 118 

Mezps Estate 142 

Montana's Exhibit 143 

Marshall's Statue 148 

Midw.y 149 

Mackay's Cabin 157 

Model Moustache Spoon 193 

Mumm's Champasrne ii 

Napa Soda Springs 69 

Native Tribes 2 

Natural Wonders 13 

Needles 8 

Neighboring Towns 49 

Northern California 128 

Notable Buildings 30 

Newspapers, San Francisco 38 

No Percentage Pharmacy 100 

North Pacific Coast Railroad 81 

Nevada State Building 143 

Oakland 48 

Oakland Creek 27 

Oakland's Population 49 

Observatory, Lick 14 

Odd Fellows' Hall 33 

Officers' Exposition .115, 116 

Olive Culture 5 

Orange Cultui e 6 

Orchards, Big 6 

Origin California 1 

Origin Midwinter Fair 117 

Ostrich Farm 152 

Outside Quadrangle 122 

Overland Monthly 38, 38a 

Orpheum 105 

O'Shaugnessy, M 109 

Opening Ceremonies 109 

Opening Ceremonies 121 

Pagoda, Chinese 150 

Park, Area of 57 

Park Conservatory 58 

Park Entrances 61 

Park Improvements, Cost of 58 

Park Monuments 62 

Paraiso Springs 71 

Pariser Printing Company. 90 

Paso Robles Springs 69 

Peaks, Mission 49 

Phelps & Dayton 95, 166 

Picturesque Russian River 74 

Pioneer Building 32 

Places Easy to Visit 69 

Population Alameda 49 

Population Berkeley 49 

Population Oakland 4a 

Population San Francisco 24 

Popular Resorts 21 

Postoilices 34 

Prater, Vienna 150 

Pifsidio 15 

Production of Gold 4 

Products, Agricultural 4 

Products, Horticultural 5 

Prune Districts 5 

Public Libraries 39 

Public Institutions (City) 33 

Public I nstitut ions (Federal) 34 

IMiblic Institutions (State) M 

Port Costa 261) 

Pariser Printing (^o 90 

Pike, J. M 100 

Pescadero 136 

Perkin's Cabin 159 



PAGE 

Quadrangle, Inside 122 

Quadrangle, Outside 122 

Queretaro, Treaty of 4 

Que«ta, La 139 

Kailroads, Street 54 

Raisin Districts 6 

Report, Daily 38, 96 

Resorts and ^Springs 21 

Rocks, Seal 45 

Roumania 150 

Russian River Valley 74 

Ryder, Mrs 100 

Roberts Printing Co 91 

Rossi, D. P 105 

Riedy, Chas. C 107 

Roos Bros 109 

Salmon Fishing in the Sea 16 

San Antonio Creek *27 

San Francisco 25 

San Francisco Amusements 38 

San Francisco at Night 49 

San Francisco Bay 47 

San Francisco Climate 51 

San Francisco Commerce 26 

San Francisco Hack Fares 53 

San Francisco Hotels 52 

San Francisco Postoffices 34 

San Francisco Surroundings 47 

San Gorgonio Pass 8 

San Mateo County 130 

San Joaquin County Buildiiig 128 

San Luis Obispo County Building 124 
Santa Barbara County Building. 124 

Santa Cruz County 129 

San Pablo Bay 48 

Santa Barbara Amphibia 175 

Santa Clara Building 127 

Scenery 10 

Scenic Railway 163-165 

Scott Key Monument 63 

Seal Rocks 45 

Seasons 7 

Servia 150 

Shasta 10 

Side-Shows 183 

Sioux Village 184 

Sleigh Ride 69 

Social Clubs 38 

Soldiers' Home 49 

Southern California Building 128 

Spanish Names 87-89 

Space for Foreign Exhibits 73 

Spaulding & Co., J 94 

Special Celebrations 180-182 

Stanford University 14 

Stanford's Benefactions 6 

Starr King Monument (Ui 

State Floral Emblem 9 

State Institutions 14 

State Prisons 11 

State Uiiiversity 11 

Strawberry Hill (il 

Street-Car Faros 5;> 

Street Railroads 53 

Streets of Cairo 152 

Suisun Bay 48 

Sunday at'Fair 1S2 

Sutro Heights 51 

istate Connnissioners L'^S 

Santa C\'\va 70 

San J osc 70 

Saratoy:a Springs 72 

Sausalito SI, S«> 

Sherman, Clay it Co 91 

Sunset Seed and Plant Co IIJ. 1 11 

St. Mart'areCs School l.iT 

Taher Photographic Co 101. 167 

Tehachapai 8 



CONTENTS 



PAGE 

The Maze 2d page cover 

Torpedo Station 49 

Tower, Electric 122 

Transfers, Street-Car 54 

Travelers' Bureau 68 

Trolling for Salmon 16 

Trout Fishing 16 

Trout Streams 16 

Two Brothers 48 

Tourists' Itineraries 69 

Tamalpais 82 

Tomales. 84 

Tulare County 126 

Towns in San Mateo County 130 

Tanniiig in San Mateo County 132 

Union Photo-Engraving Co 102 

United States Buildings 34 

United states Appraisers' Stores.. 34 

United S ates Courts 34 

Uuited States Mint 34 

United States Treasury 35 

University of California 15 

Ukiah 75 



PAGE 

Union Hotel, San Mateo 137 

Veterans' Home 49 

Views from San Francisco 48 

Vineyard, Largest in the World. . 6 

Vineyards, Big 6 

Vienna Prater 150 

Verdier& Co.,G 99 

Van der Naillen, A 109 

TVaters, R J 93 

What the Park Contains 57 

Wheelock, Mrs 99, 122 

Wine Districts 6 

Wonder Store 97 

Wonders of California 13 

Wardrobe Reno vatory 103 

Willey &Co.. O. F Ill 

Wine-Making in San Mateo 133 

Wilson, J. W 140 

Yerba Buena County 45 

Verba Buena Island 49 

Yosemite Valley 11, 72 

Yountville Veterans' Home 49 



II.LUSTRATIONS. 



PAGE 

Administration Building 114 

Agricultural Building 121 

Alameda County Building 129 

Alcatraz 48 

Allegorical Fountain 144 

Andrews, A. A 125 

Art Institute 37 

Arts (Fine) Building 80 

Autoroatic Race Course 166 

Badlam, Alex 125 

Baldwin Hotel 32 

Bartlett Springs 76 

Basket of Trout 17 

Bay Ferry Boat 27 

Beamish' s Columbian Building. .526 

Behind a Screen 102 

Bell, Mission 3 

" Belvedere," Launch 110 

Benicia Ferry Boat 26 

Berkelev * 65 

Bird's-Eye View Fair 113 

Bird's-Eye View San Francisco. . . 24 

Buttress'of El Capitan 12 

Bvron Springs 78 

California Hotel 28 

California, Map of xii 

California Ostriches 78 

California Poppies 8b 

California Trout 17 

California Trout Stream 16 

Camping Out 9 

Camp Tavlor 84 

Capitan, 'El 12 

Castle Crags 11 

Cazadero 86 

Ceylon Tea Garden 151 



PAGE 

Children's Playground = 59 

Chinatown, Scene in 40 

Chinese Vegetable Vender 42 

Chinese Restaurant 41 

Chinese Opium Smoker 42 

Chinese Opium Den 43 

Chinese Joss House 43 

Christopher Columbus 145 

Cider Press 146 

Citv Front 72 

Citv Front 118 

Cliff House 44 

Columbia Building 526 

Conservatorv, Interior 62 

Crocker Block 29 

Crocker Residence 36 

Chronicle Building 29 

Deck of Solano 26 

Dragon Fly (tail piece) 23 

Drake's Cross 64 

Duncan's Mills 85 

Eagle's Nest (tail piece) 66 

Echo Tunnel, S. F. and N. P. R. R. 74 

Eschscholtzias 8 

El Capitan 12 

Ferry Boat, Bay 27 

Ferry Boat, Largest 26b 

First National Bank 81 

Fine Arts Building 120 

Flood Residence 37 

Forty-Nine Mining Camp Group. .154 
" " '* " Inside.. 155 

" " *' ** Entrance 155 

" " '« Mackay's Cabin 159 

" " '' Perkin's Cabin 159 

" Pack Train 160 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



PAGE 

Front. City 72 

Foster, J. Rupert 151 

Gregory, Eugene J 123 

Glacier Point 8a 

Golden Gate cover 26, 48 

Grizzly 38a 

Guardians of the Gate 48 

Hahn, Eugene 161 

Hibernia Bank 90 

Hop Field 8 

Hotel Mai eo 125 

Hotel Pleasanton 52 

Hotel, Baldwin 32 

Hotel, California 28 

Hotel Waters 135 

Horticultural Building 121 

Humboldt Co. Building 127 

Indians, Mission 2 

Interior Conservatory 62 

Japanese Village— Mat a Doso 

Irrashai. ..179 
" *' — Sori Hashi 

Bridge 178 

" -ShuroMon...l77 

*' *' —Entrance 168 

" " —Sacred Storks.169 

'* " — Hako Mune 

CM-ya 170 

" " — Musume .171 

'' " —Tea Booth.... 172 

" '* — Warehouse. . .173 

** " —Nobleman's 

House 174 

" " • -At the Spring 175 

" '' — Restaurant. . .176 

Jiniriksha 153 

Johnson, F. S 126 

Knapp, C. E 138 

Kearny Street 63 

L.argest Ferry Boat 62b 

Love, James H 161 

La'^kspiir Inn 83 

Liberal Arts Building 76 

Lick Observatory 15 

Lion in Love 90 

Looking up Yosemite Valley 13 

Manufactures Building 114 

Map of California xii 

Map of Fair Grounds 186 

187 

Map North to Ukiah 73 

Map South to Monterey 70 

Mechanical Arts 120 

Ma^k Hopkins' Institute 37 

Market and Powell Streets 32 

Model Bank 31 

Mills Building 30 

Mill Valley 82 

" Milda " 106 

Mackay, John W 156 

Mackay's Old Cabin 157 

Moustache Spoon 194 

Marshal], J. W 148 

Market Street, at Post 29 

Mission Bell 3 

Mission Indians 2 

Mission, San Antonio 2 

Mount Shasta 11 

Mount Shasta in Winter 14 



Mission Dolores 47 

Music Stand 56 

North Pacific Coast R. R. Map. . . . 80 

New California 28 

North of San Rafael 75 

North Point 66 

^eff, J.H 123 

Observatory, Lick 15 

Open Air Concert. 56 

On Sutro Heights 108 

Ostriches, California 152 

Ocean Beach 61 

Park Conservatory cover, 60, 62 

Park Conservatory Interior 62 

Perkins, Geo. C 158 

Perkins' Cabin l-'^9 

Plan Midwinter Fair 186,187 

Park Scene 58 

Poppies, California 8 

Presidio Reservation 46 

Pleasanton House 52 

Playground, Children's 59 

Prospectors , 147 

Restaurant Interior, Chinese 41 

Rocks, Seal cover, 44, 108 

Reservation, Presidio 46 

San Mateo County Building 131^ 

San Mateo Co. Building Interior.. 

133, 139, 140, l4l, 142 

San Francisco 24 

Sutro Heights 61 

Sharon Playground 59 

Sidewalk Scene in ChinatOAvn . . 40 

Street Cars 54 

Scenery North Pacific Coast R. R. 81 

Souvenir Shovel . . 121 

Southern California Building — 129 

Seal Rocks cover, 44, lOS 

Stanford Residence 3() 

San Antonio Mission 2 

St. Margaret's School 137 

Scenic Railway, Entering Tunnel. 162 
*' " Exit from Tun'el. 162 

" '* the Inventor 163 

*' '^ 163 

" Up Hill ct Down 

Grade 164 

'' " the Station 164 

" " " " Interior.165 

Shasta 11 

Shasta in Winter 14 

Stage, Yosemite 11 

Stream, Trout 16 

Speckled Trout 17 

San Francisco Mission Church — 47 

Steamer Solano 26 

Solano, Ferry Boat 26 

Scott Key Monument 108 

Tamalpais 82 

Triumph of Light 26 a 

Taber Photo. Gallery 167 

Trout Stream 16 

Trout 17 

Yosemite Stage 11 

Yosemite Valley 13 

View Looking North 30 

View of Kearny Street 63 

Waters, Hotel *. 135 

Winter, Shasta in 14 




JVTAP OTT CAT.TTrm^-NrTA 



CALIFORNIA: 

The I/and of the Golden Sunset. 






Origrin of California— 

The origin of California — the name of the Golden Sunset State 
— is obscure and uncertain. It was first applied in a Spanish 
romance, published in the sixteenth century, to an imaginary 
island in the Pacific Ocean. It was afterward attached by the 
Spaniards to the peninsula lying between the Gulf of California 
and the main body of the Pacific, now known as Lower Cali- 
fornia, which they found in their voyages of discovery during 
the time of Cortez. It was ofiicially adopted in the State Con- 
stitution, framed, ratified and put into effect in 1849, nearly a 
year before Congress regularly admitted the State into the Union 
under the Act of September 9, 1850. 

Discovery of California— 

The Midwinter International Exposition of 1894 gives the 
visitor from abroad an opportunity to study California in a w^ay 
that has never before been offered, under new and favorable con- 
ditions. At all times in its history this land of the Golden Sunset 
has been surrounded by a halo of romance. Cortez's explorations 
of the Gulf of California and the territory adjacent to it first ex- 
cited the human imagination concerning the terra incognito lying 
farther north. The honor of its discovery rests, however, with 
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, a Portuguese navigator, who made a 
voyage along its shores in 1542 in the service of the Spanish 
Viceroy de Mendoza, and in whose honor Cape Mendocino, the 
most westerly headland on its coast, was named by the voyager. 
But Sir Francis Drake is believed to have been the first European 
to set foot on the shores of California. He is supposed to have 
landed at what has since been called Drake's Bay, near Point 
Reyes, in 1579. At the same time and place the first Christian 
service held on California soil was rendered by the Chaplain of 
Drake's flagship, and in commemoration of this event a massive 
stone memorial cross lias been erected at Ciolden Gate Park, near 
the site of the Midwinter iCxposition. 

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The Mission Bra- 
in 1769 the San Francisco friars, under the leadership of 
Father Junipero Serra, began the foundation of the California 
missions by the planting of the first establishment at San Diego. 
During the fifty-four years following they founded twenty other 



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SAN AXTONIO MISSION 

institutions of the same order at various points between San 
Diego and Sonoma. Following is a complete list of the Cali- 
fornia missions and the date of their establishment : San Diego, 
1769; San Carlos, 1770 ; San Gabriel and San Antonio. 1771 ; San 




MISSION INDIANS 



Luis Obispo, 1772 ; San Francisco (Mission Dolores) and San 
Juan Capistrano, 1776 ; Santa Clara, 1777 ; San Buenaventura, 
1782 ; Santa Barbara, 1786 ; Purissima, 1787 ; Soledad, 1791 ; San 
Fernando, San Miguel, San Bautista, Santa Cruz and San Jose, 



1797; San Luis Rey, 1798; Santa Inez, 1804; San Rafael, 1817; 
Sonoma, 1823. Many of these mission chrrches are now in ruins. 
Some of them have been repaired and partially restored in recent 
times, so as to fit them for re-occupation. They were originally 
designed as places of worship for the use of the native tribes 
which were then numerous, but living in a state of barbar- 
ism and spiritual darkness, and for whose conversion to Chris- 
tianity the Franciscan friars devoted their lives. The civilizing 




MISSION BKl.Iy 



influences thus brought to bear upon the Indians of California 
had, however, nmcli the same effect upon them as such influ- 
ences have had on the native races elsewhere on this continent, 
for their decline has been coincident with the decay of the 
churches erected for their benefit, and only a few of Ihcm aw 
now to be found at any of the missions. At some of the old mis- 
sion establishments they have disappeared altogether, and many 



of the mission churches which have been partially restored are 
now being used for worship by those who have succeeded them as 
occupants of the soil. 

American Occupation 

In 1846 the American flag was raised at Monterey by Commo- 
dore Sloat, as a token of the occupation of the country by the 
United States. In 1848, at the conclusion of peace by the sign- 
ing of the Treaty of Queretaro, Mexico formally ceded the terri- 
tory now including the State of California to the United States. 
The same year, but at an earlier date, to-wit : on the 19th of 
January, John W. Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill at 
Coloma, which brought the new territory into greater prominence 
than ever, resulting the following year in one of the most notable 
gold excitements which the world has ever witnessed. It is said 
that eighty thousand immigrants came to California in 1849, most 
of whom at once engaged in mining the rich gold placers, which 
extended over an area of about ten thousand square miles. 

Gold Mining- 
Gold mining has been prosecuted in California ever since 
Marshall's discovery was made, and although now occupying 
only a secondary place in the resources of the State, it yields 
annually from |i5,ooo,ooo to |2o,ooo,ooo, and it has contributed 
to the world's wealth up to date the enormous sum of |i, 300, 000,- 
000. The shallower placers have, of course, been exhausted long 
ago, and for over ten years the working of the deep-gravel de- 
posits by the hydraulic process (a method of mining peculiar to 
the State) was nearly totally suspended by operation of law. 
Recent action by Congress providing for the impounding of the 
vast quantities of detritus which this process of mining releases 
and discharges into the beds of the navigable streams, has, how- 
ever, made the resumption of hydraulic mining possible, and 
visitors to the Midwinter Kxposition have abundant opportunity 
in the mining districts, in the northern part of the State, to wit- 
ness this interesting industry, while exhibits of all the appliances 
employed in it are to be found in the Mining Department of the 
Fair. Just at present there is a great revival in progress also in 
gold quartz mining and many important developments have been 
the result. The visitor to the Midwinter Fair will find in the 
Mining section a display of the resources of the State in this re- 
spect and of other minerals found and profitably worked in the 
State, finer than has ever before been attempted in any country. 

Agricultural Products— 

The real development of California has occurred since the 
discovery of gold and through the agency of its fertile soil and 



genial climate. During the Mexican regime, and for the first two 
years of the American occupation, it was strictly a pastoral terri- 
tory, its broad valleys and the sunny slopes of its mountain 
ranges being the pasturage of great herds of Spanish cattle, 
whose hides, tallow and horns constituted the chief articles of 
export. The great herds of Spanish cattle and the flocks of 
Merino sheep which succeeded them have long ago passed away, 
and for over twenty years past the State has been one of the 
largest wheat exporters in the world, the surplus products of its 
grain fields being shipped to feed the hungry millions of Great 
Britain and Continental Kurope. But in recent years the horti- 
cultural and viticultural resources of the State have stepped to 
the front, eclipsing all others in' value and variety. The horti- 
cultural products embrace, as is shown in the Agricultural and 
Horticultural Building at the Fair, all the varied range common 
to both the temperate and semi-tropical zones, soil and climate 
being equally favorable for their perfect development, and that 
in the greatest profusion. These fruits are shipped in the fresh 
and in the cured state in large quantities by rail and by sea to the 
Bastern and interior States and abroad, commanding special 
attention and good prices in the markets where sold, owing to 
their early development and superior quality. 

Early Fruits— 

A better conception of the adaptability of soil and climate 
to fruit culture may be obtained possibly from the fact that, witii 
a brief interim of about six weeks in the beginning of the year, 
strawberries grown in the open air without the agency of any 
"forcing'^ medium, are purchasable in the markets the year 
round. In favored districts, north of San Francisco, ripe cher- 
ries have been shipped before the end of March ; apricots at the 
end of April ; peaches before the middle of May ; apples and 
cherry plums following a few days later ; figs at the end of May, 
and grapes before the close of June. And when the greater part 
of the United States is locked in ice and buried under a sheet of 
snow, this Western land of perennial sunshine and endless sum- 
mer is placing in the markets of Kastern cities train-loads of 
golden fruit from its orange groves. Friiit growing has, natur- 
ally, become one of the chief industries of the State, and it is 
CvStimated that a capital of over $20,000,000 is actually invested 
in its orchards. 

District Specialties- 
Many divStricts in the State are devoted to the cultivation of 
special classes of fruit. lu)r instance, prune growing is the chief 
orchard industry of the Santa Clara Valley. The principal cherry 
orchards of the State are in Alameda County, only an hour's ride 



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from San Francisco. Apricots are made a specialty in the Vaca 
district. Fresno, Tulare and other counties in the San Joaquin 
Valley ; Woodland and Winters in Yolo County ; Auburn in 
Placer County and some sections of the southern part of the State 
constitute the raisin districts. The chief wine districts are in 
Napa, Sonoma, Alameda, Santa Clara, Sacramento, Tehama, 
Yolo, Fresno and Los Angeles Counties. The vintages of Liver- 
more Valley in Alameda County have carried off some of the chief 
prizes in the Paris and Chicago Expositions, and the products of 
all the wine districts of California are in great favor in the East- 
ern States and in England, France and Germany. Olive culture 
finds a home in Santa Barbara, San Diego and Placer Counties, 
in each of which districts large tracts of land are devoted to the 
production of the fruit for oil making and pickling purposes. 

Bigr Orchards, Vineyards acd Farms— 

The State is famous for its big orchards, vineyards and farms. 
The great Glenn wheat ranch embraces almost an entire county 
comprising between fifty and sixty thousand acres cultivated to 
cereals. The largest apple orchard in the world is at Novato, 
Sonoma County, and covers six hundred acres. The largest vine- 
yard in the world is at Vina, Tehama County, comprising four 
thousand acres, and the next largest, the Natoma, near Folsom. 
The Vina ranch, of which the vineyard is a part, comprises fifty- 
five thousand acres of land which the late Senator Leland Stan- 
ford dedicated, in conjunction with the Gridley wheat ranch, 
embracing twenty-one thousand acres in Butte County, and the 
Palo Alto stock farm, consisting of seventy -three hundred acres 
in San Mateo County, and constituting the largest horse farm in 
the world, to the cause of higher education as represented in the 
Leland Stanford, Jr., University which is located thirty-three 
miles south of San Francisco. The largest fruit orchards in the 
State are those of General Bidwell of Chico, consisting of sixty- 
five thousand two hundred and fifty trees. Some districts are 
devoted to the raising of early vegetables for home consumption 
and shipment east and Santa Clara County supplies the entire 
United States with onion seed. The latter county has really the 
largest seed farms in the world, producing one-half the world's 
supply, shipping over three hundred tons annually, mostly to 
Europe. 

Citrus Culture- 
Contrary to popular impression abroad, citrus culture is not 
confined to the southern counties. Much of the region north of 
the Tehachepi Range is quite as well adapted for that purpose as 
the most favored localities in the south-land, the lime, lemon and 
orange flourishing there equally well. As a matter of fact and 



worth recording here, the earliest California oranges marketed 
are produced by the groves of the northern counties — at Oroville, 
Thermalito, Palermo, Newcastle, Winters and Vacaville. All of 
these places are north of San Francisco and some of them are 
situated in the foothills of the Sierra. In each of these places, 
the orange ripens three and four weeks earlier than it does in any 
part of the southern counties ; and for size and quality the oranges 
of the northern groves have proven superior when brought into 
direct competition at the Citrus Fairs with those produced at 
Riverside and other southern orange districts. 

California Climate — 

It goes without saying, of course, that a State which yields 
prolifically such varied agricultural products must be possessed 
of an exceptionally mild climate. California comprises an area 
of 156,591 square miles of territory which extends through ten 
and one-half degrees of latitude, but the climate is practically 
isothermal throughout the greater part of it. The temperature 
the year round of the great central basin of the State, embracing 
the Sacramento and San Joaquin and tributary valleys, extending 
from the latitude of Santa Barbara to the base of Mount Shasta 
and comprising nearly one-third of the area of the State, is ver}^ 
similar to that prevailing in the southern counties. Over a vast 
area of this great basin, frost and snow are, in fact, unknown. 
The greater part of it possesses some meteorological advantages 
over the southern counties, in the fact that the annual rainfall is 
heavier and irrigation for the production of crops, whether they 
be fruits or grain, is unnecessary. 

Meteorological Subdivision— 

The vState maybe very fairly divided into three meteorological 
subdivisions: the coast district, comprising the territory lying 
between the summit of the coast ranges and sea which is some- 
what humid and cool owing to the prevalence of fogs and prox- 
imity to the ocean ; the central district, which may be embraced 
between two parallel lines following the summit of the inner 
Coast Range on the west and a corresponding elevation along the 
flank of the Sierra foothills on the east, from the foot of Shasta 
to the Lower California boundary line ; and the mountain region 
comprised within the higher altitudes of the Sierra Nevada and 
other ranges lying within the snow and frost lines. But the area 
of the latter district is coni])aralively limited, and in the greater 
part of the State there arc in reality only two vSeasons of the year 
— the wet and the dry. Tlie former sets in usually in November 
and closes beginning of May. Dnring the rest of the year rain 
very rarely falls in any part of the vState. 



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Hop Culture in California— 

In 1893 the yield of hops' amounted to J9, 500,000 pounds, 
valued at |i, 600,000, while the crop of 1894 is expected to yield 
over 12,000,000 pounds. 

This State is the only section in the world where the hop crop 
is not injured by the hop louse, or other vermin, the disturbing 
element in the cultivation of this plant. In fact, there never has 
been known such a thing as a failure of the crop ; while last year, 
when every hop-producing country in the world had a short crop, 
owing to the ravages ot the hop louse and drought, California had 
a phenomenal yield, and harvested the largest crop in its history. 




HOP FlKIvD 



The quality of the hops produced in Alameda and Sonoma 
Counties is far superior to any others grown in the United States, 
and are meeting with great favor abroad, where they command a 
price equal to the far-famed *' Kentish Goldings " and ** Bohe- 
mians," the highest priced hops in the world. 

The largest yard in the world is located at Pleasanton, in 
Alameda County, where there are over 300 acres under cultivation 
in one piece, on the modern trellis system. The accompanying cut 
represents a sectional view of the Pleasanton Hop Company's yard 
at Pleasanton, and shows a yard in full bearing. A growing model 
of this yard is set out in the space adjoining the Horticultural and 
Agricultural Building at the Fair. A crop of about i ,000 pounds 
per acre is generally gathered the same year that the roots are set 
out, while thereafter the yards yield about 2,000 pounds per acre, 
or almost three times the average of New York State or Knrope. 
The average cost of raising hops in California is about ten 
cents per pound. 



8a 





GI^ACIKR POINT, OVERI.OOKING YOvSKMlTK VAI.I.KV 
[This cliff projects over Illiloutte Canyon, three thousand feet below] 



8b 



California in Midwinter 

There can be nothing more charming to the eye of the sight- 
seeing tourist than a California midwinter landscape, unless it be 
the same landscape in the spring. The hills and valleys are 
clothed with verdure brought forth by the early winter rains and 
furnishing abundant nutritious feed to the herds of fattening kine 
browsing upon them. The air is fragrant and fresh and vibrates 
with the twittering of the feathered tribe, while the purified 
atmosphere seems to give a clearer and longer perspective to the 
vision. If the tourist enters the State by either of the northern 
routes, the sudden change from the frost-bound realms of the 
storm and snow king into verdure-clad valleys and mountain 
ranges, is like an unexpected transition into Paradise; if the 
entrance be made through either of the southern portals — by way 
of the Needles and Tehachepi Pass, or by way of Fort Yuma and 
San Gorgonio Pass, the effect of the change from the monotonous 




CAI^IFORNIA POPPIES 

desolation of the desert to a land of luxuriance is the same. 
Reports of the richness of California's soil, the geniality of its 
climate and the grandeur and picturesqueness of its scenery may 
have been listened to heretofore with a strong suspicion lurking 
in the mind that the narrative was highly flavored with romance; 
but the testimony of the vision dispels the notion of fairy tales 
and they promptU^ assume the shape and status of glorious real- 
ities to the enchanted senses. 



California in Spring- — 

But notwithstanding all the varied beauty of an average mid- 
winter, the greater glory of California is manifested with the 



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coming of Spring. It Is then that the wild flowers, many-hued 
and fragrant, begin to unfold, bedecking every valley, mountain 
slope and wooded height with a gorgeous garment of many colors. 
Conspicuous among this varied floral group is the California 
poppy or eschscholtzia which, by common consent, has been 
adopted as the floral emblem of the State. This brilliant flower 
decorates meadow and mountain with great masses of gold and 
orange. The dainty green foliage of the manzanita and the ruddy 
tints of its flaming and distorted branches are smothered under 
a crown of delicate pink and white blossoms. The orchards 
burst forth in full bloom. The carefully pruned vineyards are 




CAxMi'lNC; OUT 



again in leaf The dark pine forests take on a new and brighter 
color ; the tiger lily springs from its cover, and the tender blades of 
the growing grain leap from the brown earth as soon as it is 
dCvSerted by the plow-boy and the harrovvcM-, ([uickly hiding it 
under an emerald mantle of wondrous richness. This is the 
aspect of nature as it is viewed by the tourist in California fresh 
from the reading of accounts of havoc and death waged l)y 
blizzards in the great Northwest, of the damaging elTects of frost 



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and flood and gale along tlie Atlantic seaboard and of the devas- 
tating work of cyclones and tornadoes throughout the central and 
southern group of States, 

California in Summer — 

Summer comes to California full grown at the close of the 
rainy season. It is the season of ripening. The verdure disap- 
pears from the face of the land with the same magical accelera- 
tion which brought it into being. The corrollas of the floral host 
wither and drop, and pod and petal and stalk shrivel under the 
heat of the sun. The grain fields whiten, ready for the harvester. 
The green pastures are turned to russet, and the beaded head of 
the wild oat grows gray. The fruits of orchard and vineyard 
mature and mellow; and every hand that has the strength to 
gather the harvest can find employment, and every available 
beast of burden and vehicle is required to transport it to market. 
This is the season when the toiling dwellers in cities and towns 
seek repose and recreation by camping out in secluded nooks and 
corners in the Coast Ranges and in the higher altitudes of the 
Sierra. 

California in Autumn — 

Then comes Autumn ' ' crowned with the sickle and the 
wheaten sheaf," the most benignant season of the year. Calm, 
placid, tender and genial, it follows in the wake of Summer and 
lingers long in what would elsew^here be the lap of Winter. The 
cool ocean trade winds have died out, and the fierceness has 
passed out of the sun's rays. The hum of the vine press is heard 
through the land and the rich vintage is flowing into the vats. 
The later fruits are ripe for the gatherer, and the groves of the 
Hesperides are preparing to yield their golden apples. Autumn 
frequently prolongs its stay in California to ''ring out the old 
year and to ring in the new." 

Mountain Scenery — 

California excels in mountain scener}^, and it contains some 
of the most interesting high peaks on the continent. The fame 
of Mt. Shasta, the silent, snow-capped sentinel of the north, 
which elevates its cone-like head into the air 14,442 feet above the 
sea-level, is world-wide, and its neighbor — Castle Crags — 
although much inferior in height, has of late years attracted 
much of the attention of tourists, owing to its exceptional beauty 
and its picturesque surroundings. ** Old Baldy," as Mt. San 
Bernardino is familiarly called, serves a similar purpose in the 
south to that of Shasta in the north, as it guards the southern 
gate to the State, rising in imposing grandeur above all its fel- 
lows in the Sierra Madre. About midway between these two 



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peaks is Mt. Whitney, the monarch of the Sierra Nevada, 14,887 
feet above the level of the sea, and constituting the highest eleva- 
tion in the State. It stands in Inyo County, and is becoming 
famous as the source whence some of the finest marble obtained in 
California is quarried. Interesting peaks near San Francisco, 
well worthy the attention of tourists, are Mt. Diablo, standing in 
the heart of the inner Coast Range, twenty miles east of San 





SHASTA AND CASXlyE) CRAGS 

Francisco, plainly visible on a clear day, and from whose summit 
one of the finest views obtainable on the continent is brought 
within the range of vision, and Mt. St. Helena in Napa County, 
less than fifty miles due north of San Francisco. A fine view of 
land and sea is also obtainable on a clear day from the summit of 
Mt. Tamalpais, which is only a few miles' walk from the neigh- 




A YOSKMlTK STAGiC 

boring town of Sausalito, and it is easy of access at all seasons. 
But the Mountain Mecca of all tourists in California is the Yose- 
mite Valley, situated in the heart of the Sierra Nevada, and 
reached from San Francisco by rail and stage in less than two 
days, and at a cost of ICvSs than f 100 for the round trip. The ride 
by stage — the old-fashioned meansoftransportaticm still in vogue 



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in many parts of the State, especially to many of the more popu- 
lar resorts — is exceedingly interesting, the road passing, no mat- 
ter which of the two routes into the valley is selected, through a 
wild and romantic region and giving the astonished tourist an 
opportunity of seeing those forest wonders, the giant Sequoias, 
and occasional glimpses here and there of the fascinating industry 
of gold mining in its varied forms. The Yosemite contains some 
of the most wonderful natural phenomena on the face of the 




The; buttress of eIv capitan 



globe. The stupendous granite cliffs, walling in the great gorge 
and rising vertically from one-half to three-quarters of a mile 
high from the floor of the valle}^, are supported by buttressed 
domes and adorned with waterfalls of incomparable beauty, some 
of which have a clear, unbroken descent of nearly a thousand feet 
over the face of the cliff. A view up the great valley from 
Inspiration Point is one of the grandest ever enjoyed by the 
human eye. 



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The region of Lassen Buttes in the northeastern corner of the 
State is full of natural wonders, but it is seldom visited by tour- 
ists for the reason that it is remote from railroad communication 
and difficult to reach by other means of transportation. In the 
summer season the summit of Shasta tempts the courage and 
endurance of the tourist. 

Natural Wonders— 

The vState is full of natural wonders of interest to the Eastern 
tourist. Mineral springs without number, hot and cold, some 




i,ooKiN(; VI* v()si':i\iiTK VAi,ij;v 



suggCvStive of the realms al)ovc and others oC Iho rrs^ioiis below ; 
petrified forests, geysers and nianimoth redwoods arc w ithiii easy 
distance and accessible at trifling cost. Manv oi' the mi net. 1 1 
springs contain niedicMnal ])roi)erti"S oi' great \ahu\ and a laii^e 
number of them ha\e in conse(|nence <U'\t>lo|KMl into |H>pnlar 
resorts. 



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Interesting" State Institutions- 
Tourists interested in the inspection of educational, penal, 
humane and scientific institutions can indulge their taste at trifling 
expense and with little loss of time during their visit to San 
Francisco. The University of California is located at Berkeley, 
three-quarters of an hour's ride by ferryboat and rail ; the Leland 
Stanford Jr. University, constituting one of the most unique and 
handsome groups of collegiate buildings in the United States, is 
less than an hour's ride by rail. Lick Observatory, the gift of 
the late James Lick to astronomical science, can be reached by 
rail and stage in a few hours, as it is located twenty-six miles east 
of San Jose, w-hence it may be seen, on the summit of Mount 
Hamilton. This observatory contains, of course, the largest 




MOUNT SHASTA IN WINTER 

achromatic telescope in existence, the big lens having a diameter 
of thirty-six inches in the clear. Many discoveries of interest to 
astronomers, among them a fifth moon in the system of Jupiter, 
have been made at this observatory. At Agnews, also adjacent 
to San Jose, is an asylum for the insane ; another is situated at 
Napa, and a third at Ukiah, Mendocino County. The student of 
penology may look into the California system at San Quentin, an 
hour's ride by ferryboat and rail from San Francisco, or at Fol- 
som, Sacramento County, where he will also see one of the finest 
dams constructed in the United States for the development of 
power. The education of the deaf and dumb and blind is exem- 



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piified at ttie institution devoted to that purpose at Berkeley, ad- 
jacent to the University of California, and an Industrial Home 
for the Adult Blind is maintained by the State at Oakland. 



Game — 

The sportsman 
may indulge his 
love of the chase 
to his heart's con- 
tent in almost any 
line of game he 
may desire. Of 
course the larger 
game, such as the 
grizzly and cinna- 
mon bear, are 
found only in the 
fastnesses of the 
higher Sierras. 
Deer is plentiful 
in all of the moun 
tain districts. 
Hares, or jackrab- 
bits, are so numer- 
ous in the San 
Joaquin Valley 
that they have be- 
come intolerable 
pests and are 
slaughtered by 
tens of thousands 
yearly by driving 
them in droves 
into pens erected 
for the purpose. 
Cottontail rabbits 
and quail are plen- 
tiful in almost all 
the hills. During 
the winter monllis 
the marshes and 
rivers furnish good 
duck hunting and 
the plains of the 
upper Sacramento and its tributaries furnish fine sport in the 
way of wild geese. Under the Stale law the game season is open 
as follows: For deer, from September ist to October 15th; quail, 




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tn 
W 
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from September ist to Marcli ist ; doves, from August ist to 
March ist ; wild duck, from September ist to March ist. In 
some of the counties the deer season begins in the month of July. 

Fishing"— 

The State is famous among the followers of Isaac Walton for 
its fine fishing grounds. Trolling for salmon is a favorite pastime 
at certain seasons of the year in Monterey Bay, the only place in 
the open ocean in the world where this gamey fish is taken in 
salt water by means of a line. Almost every stream in the State is 




A CAI^II^ORNIA TROUT STREAM 

stocked more or less abundantly with trout, afi"ording fine sport 
for the angler, while many of the lakes teem with whitefish and 
speckled beauties. There are a great many good trout streams 
adjacent to San Francisco, but the best fishing and the largest 
fish are obtainable in the waters of the upper Sacramento and its 
tributaries. This State is the home of several species of trout 
not found elsewhere, and many of its streams and bays in late 
years have been stocked with the best game and food fishes of 



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Eastern waters. Visitors to the Midwinter Fair may test their 
skill as anglers in California streams and lakes, as the season 
begins April ist and closes November ist. 

Big" Facts in Short Dress- 
California is larger than all the New England States, New 

York, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland combined. 

Railroads penetrate all the counties in the State except 

Modoc, Plumas, I^ake, Tuolumne, Mariposa, Alpine, Trinity, 

Humboldt and Del Norte, and most of them will have railroad 

connection in a few years no doubt. 




spe:cki,e:d bkautiks 



Monterey Bay contains a greater variety of fish than any 
other locality known, over 150 species being reported. 

A squash weighing 283 pounds and measuring four feet in 
diameter is the largest recorded in the State. 

There are over 3,000 artesian wells in the State. 

Fourteen thousand gallons of olive oil and twelve tons of 
pickled olives is the record made in one season by a San Diego 
olive orchard. 

Thirty cities and villages, in which one-half of the ])opula- 
tion of the State dwell, can be connted from the snmniil of INIt. 
Diablo. 

The largest peach orchard in the Slate is near Yuba City, 
and it contains 575 acres. 



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Knight's Ferry, Stanislaus County, boasts of the finest and 
oldest fig orchard in the State, the trees in which are upwards of 
thirty years old. 

The Alvarado, Alameda County, beet-sugar factory was the 
first refinery of the kind in the United States. 

The first American flag raised in California was that which 
General Fremont raised on Fremont's Peak, overlooking the 
towns of HoUister and San Juan de Bautista, more generally 
known as San Juan South. 

The copper used in the construction of the cruiser Charleston 
came from a Campo Seco, Calaveras County, mine. 

Santa Barbara raises more pampas-grass plumes than any 
other place in the United States. 

Vina vineyard contains 3,500,000 vines. 

The longest lumber flume in the State is in Madera County, 
extending from above Fresno Flats to Madera, and it is sixty miles 
long. 

Fresno County produces over one-half the raisin crop of the 
State. 

San Francisco never had but one genuine snowstorm in the 
memory of any one living, and that occurred December 31, 1882, 
when the snow fell about three incbes deep and remained on the 
ground twenty-four hours. 

The first pig tin ever produced in the United States was from 
the Temescal mines, and consisted of 207 pigs, or 12,000 pounds. 

The first railroad constructed in this State was in 1854, from 
Sacramento to Folsotn, twenty-two miles. 

The first street car cable line ever constructed was on Clay 
street, San Francisco. 

The Sacramento is the longest river in the State, being 400 
miles from its source in Goose Lake. The San Joaquin is 350 
miles ; Klamath, 275 miles , Feather, 250 miles ; Kern, 125 miles. 

The largest cantilever bridge in the United States is at The 
Needles, San Bernardino County, over the Colorado River. Its 
length of span is 360 feet. 

Fresno has produced a sweet potato weighing 44^ pounds. 

Sacramento is the largest producer of hops of any county in 
the United States. 

The first shipment of wines to France was in 1891, from Napa 
County, consisting of 800 puncheons. 

English wine merchants now send special buyers to California 
to supply their cellars. 

The first raisins marketed in this State were from Marseilles 
Valley, Butte County, in 1864. The first carload sent Bast was by 
J. P. Whitney, of Rocklin, Placer County, in 1874. 

The Mariposa Big Tree Grove has 427 big trees. The largest 
is thirty-four feet in diameter. Through a tunnel or hole cut in 
one a four-horse stage is driven daily. 



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San Francisco has more miles of cable street car lines than 
any other city in the world. About 120 miles are in operation. 

The largest sequoia tree in circumference is in Tulare County, 
given by United States surveyors at 109 feet. The tallest is the 
" Keystone," in Calaveras, being 365 feet high. 

The first olive trees planted in this State were at San Diego, 
in 1769. They are still producing fruit. 

The largest Irish potato reported last year was from San 
Ivuis Obispo County. It was forty-six inches long and weighed 
thirteen pounds. 

The tallest cornstalk ever reported was raised near Anaheim, 
IvOS»Angeles County. It was thirty-six feet high. 

The oldest flouring mill now running is at Valley Ford, 
Sonoma County. It was started in 1853. 

The oldest settlement in the northern part of the State was 
by the Russians, who built Fort Ross, Sonoma County, in 181 1. 

The only antimony mines in operation in America are in 
San Benito County. N 

It is claimed that Sierra has produced more gold than any 
other county in the State. 

Kern County has the most extensive system of irrigating canals 
under one ownership in the United States. The largest canal is 
32 miles long, 100 feet wide, banks 8 feet high, with 65 distribu- 
ting ditches 150 miles long. 

The first printing press used in California was at Monterey 
in 1834. 

The largest flouring mill in the State is at Crockett, Contra 
Costa County, with a capacity of 6,000 barrels a day. 

Forestville, Sonoma County, has a chair factory now in opera- 
tion which was established thirty-seven years ago, and has made 
over half a million chairs. 

California is the only country using the combined harvesters 
run by a traction engine, cutting a swathe forty feet wide, and 
threshing and sacking grain as it proceeds. 

San Bernardino produces more oranges than any other county 
in the United States. 

San Bernardino is the largest county in the United States, 
covering 21,172 square miles. 

San Diego leads every county in the United States in the 
production of honey. One bee-owner has 6,000 hives. 

The only buliach ( pyrethruni ) plantation in America is 
located near Atwater, Merced County, consisting of 300 acres. 

Ventura County is the largest producer of Lima beans in the 
world. 

Tehama County raises 1,000,000 pounds of peanuts annually. 

Bakersfield, Kern County, has produced an orange clingstone 
peach measuring fourteen inches in circumference and weighing 
twenty-three ounces. 



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Sacramento is the largest shipper of green fruits, hops and 
vegetables of any point in the State. 

San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, raised a water-melon 
weighing 150 pounds, and measuring five feet six inches in length 
and four feet nine inches in circumference. 

The first religious services held in this State was on June 17, 
1579, near Point Reyes, Marin County, by Sir Francis Drake's 
chaplain. 

Stockton's Courthouse is the only one in the United States 
that is lighted and warmed by natural gas from its own gas well, 
and also supplied with artesian water. 

The largest money check ever drawn in the United States was 
one for $10,000,000 on the Nevada Bank. 

The oldest paper mill in the State is at Taylorville, Marin 
County. It was established in 1853, and is still in operation. 

The average annual income of every farmer in Sutter County 
is about |3,ooo, and the averaged assessed property is about |2,ooo 
to each voter. 

Inyo County has credit for producing two-thirds of the total 
silver product of the State. 

Near Templeton, San Luis Obispo County, is the largest bear- 
ing prune orchard in America of 22,000 trees. 

The oldest water-power sawmill is in Mill Valley, Marin 
County. It was erected in 1834 and is now standing. 

Santa Clara has more acres in fruits and vines than any other 
county in the State . 

The largest orange tree in the State is at Campo Seco, Cala- 
veras County, and it is now 33 years old. Its oranges often take 
premium at fairs. 

The largest nugget of gold ever found in the United States 
was at Carson Hill, Calaveras County, November, 185 1. It weighed 
195 pounds Troy and was valued at $43,534. 

Stockton is the largest manufacturing cit}' outside of San Fran- 
cisco, and the factories are run by natural gas from gas wells 
costing from j2,oooto |io,ooo. 

^At Cave City, Calaveras County, is found one of those pecu- 
liar habitations used by primitive man in which are the moulder- 
ing bones of unknown ages. 

Sonoma has more grape-vines and pear trees than any other 
county in California. 

The most extensive oil pipe-line system in the West is from 
the Ventura Oil Works, 120 miles long. 

The largest fig tree in California, measuring over eleven feet 
in circumference, is growing near Burson, Calaveras Count}', and 
annually produces large crops. 

An English walnut tree at Vallecito, Calaveras County, 
measures nine feet in circumference and is probably the largest 
in the State. 



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The only malt whisky manufactory in the United States is at 
Sausalito, Marin County, according to Government reports. 

The first quartz mill was erected in Grass Valley in 1850. 
Since then the quartz mills of Nevada County have produced 
over |ioo,ooo,ooo. 

The largest cork oak tree of California is growing at Campo 
Seco, Calaveras County, and measures seven feet eleven inches in 
circumference. 

The largest cherry tree in the State is near Newcastle, Placer 
County. It annually produces over $200 worth of early cherries. 

Kesorts and Springs— 

Almost every visitor is interested in knowing how to reach 
the different health and pleasure resorts in the State, conven- 
iently situated to San Francisco. The following is a list of the 
best-known resorts and medicinal springs, the route to be taken 
to reach them, distance from San Francisco by rail and stage, 
and the cost of reaching them : ^ 

^tna Hot Springs; Napa Valley, railroad to St. Helena, 64 
miles, stage 15 mile^» |4-05. 

Angwin; Howell Mountain, Napa Valley, railroad to St. 
Helena, stage Smiles, fe.05. 

Auburn; Ogden route, rail 126 miles, I4.10, $3.60. 

Bartlett Springs; S. P. Co. via Colusa Junction and Sites, 143 
miles, stage, 31 miles, |8,oo; or by San Francisco & North Pacific 
Railroad to Pieta, 94 miles, stage, 41 miles, |8; round trip, J15.00. 

Big Trees, Calaveras; Stockton, Milton and Merced train to 
Milton, 133 miles, stage 49 miles, $18.00. 

Big Trees, Mariposa; Los Angeles train to Berenda, thence 
to Raymond, 199 miles, stage 40 miles, J12.00. 

Big Trees, Santa Cruz; South Pacific Coast narrow gauge, 74 
miles, I2.55. 

Byron Hot Springs; Stockton train to Byron, 68 miles, stage 
2 miles, $2.40. 

Castle Crags; Oregon line to Castle Crags, 294 miles, $9.90. 

Cazadero; North Pacific Coast narrow gauge, 87 miles, I2.50; 
round trip $3.75. 

Congress Springs; South Pacific Coast narrow gauge to Los 
Gatos, 55 miles, stage 5 miles, I2.35. 

Coronado Beach; Pacific Coast Steamship Company's steamer, 
484 miles, 1 1 5. 00; Southern Pacific Company's San Diego train, 
611 miles, I20.00. 

Del Monte; Southern Pacific, 4tli and Townsend Street sta- 
tion, to Del Monte, 124 miles, I3.00. 

Donner Lake; Ogden train to Truckee, 209 miles, stage « 
miles, I8.55. 

Geysers; San Francisco & North Pacific to Cloverdale, 84 
miles, stage 16 miles round trip, $8.50; or Napa Valley route to 



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Calistoga (summer only), 73 miles, stage 27 miles, round trip 
<j58.5o ; in one way, out the other, I12.50 (summer only). 

Gilroy Hot Springs; Southern Pacific, 4th and Townsend 
Street station, to Gilroy, 80 miles, stage 10 miles, $3.70. 

Glenwood Springs; South Pacific Coast narrow gauge to 
Glenwood, 66 miles, stage 4 miles, $3.60; round trip |6.6o. 

Highland Springs; San Francisco and North Pacific to Pieta, 
92 miles, stage 15 miles, I4.50 ; round trip |8.oo. 

Kellogg's; Napa Valley route to Calistoga, 73 miles, stage 7 
miles, fo.05. 

Klamath Hot Springs; Oregon train to Ager, 362 miles^ stage 
20 miles, $15.00. 

Lake Tahoe; Ogden train to Truckee, 200 miles, .stage 14 
miles, I9.30, $10.30; round trip |i6.oo. 

lyick Observatory; South Pacific Coast narrow gauge, from 
ferry, or Southern Pacific Company broad gauge, from 4th and 
Townsend, to San Jose, 50 miles, stage 28 miles, JI6.75 round 
trip, 

lyitton Springs; San Francisco & North Pacific to Litton 
Springs, 70 miles, $2.40; round trip $3.60. 

Lower Soda Springs, see Castle Crags. 

Madrone Springs; Southern Pacific Company's Monterey 
train, 4th and Townsend, to Madrone, 69 miles, stage 14 miles, 

I3.35. 

Mark West Springs ; San Francisco & North Pacific to Santa 
Rosa, 51 miles, stage 9 miles, $2.50. 

Mount Shasta; Oregon train to Sisson, 338 miles, I10.65; 
guide and horses to summit. 

Napa Soda Springs; Napa Valley train to Napa, 46 miles, 
stage 5 miles, $1.50; round trip, limited, fo.50. 

Pacific Congress Springs; Southern Pacific Company, 4th 
and Townsend, to Santa Clara, 47 miles, stage 11 miles, $2.25; 
or South Pacific Coast narrow gauge, from ferry, to Los Gatos, 55 
miles, stage 5 miles, $2.15; round trip $4.25. 

Pacific Grove; Monterey train, 4th and Townsend, to Pacific 
Grove, 128 miles, fo.25; Saturday to Monday round trip $5.25. 

Palermo Orange Groves; Marysville and Oroville train to 
Palermo, 143 miles, $5.90. 

Palo Alto, see Stanford University. 

Paraiso Springs; Southern Pacific Company, 4th and Town- 
send, to Soledad, 143 miles, stage 7 miles, ^4.75; round trip ^9.00 

Paso Robles; Southern Pacific Company's Coast Division, 4th 
and Townsend, 216 miles, f6.20. 

Redondo Beach; Southern Pacific Company's Los Angeles 
train, 505 miles, $15 50. 

Sacramento (State Capital); Sacramento train at ferry, 90 
miles, I1.50 (p. M. train only), I2.50, fo.30; by river steamer, 120 
miles, $1.50. 



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San Jose; South Pacific Coast at ferry, or Southern Pacific 
Company at 4th and Townsend, 50 miles, I1.25; round trip Sun- 
day I1.50. 

Santa Clara, South Pacific Coast at ferry, or Southern Pacific 
Company at 4th and Townsend, 50 miles, I1.25; round trip Sun- 
day, I1.50. 

San Rafael, North Pacific Coast via Sausalito, or San Fran- 
cisco & North Pacific via Tiburon, 15 miles; 35 cents, round trip 
50 cents. 

Seigler Springs, Napa Valley line to Calistoga, 73 miles, 
stage 34 miles, J56.oo. 

Skaggs Springs; San Francisco & North Pacific to Geyser- 
ville, 80 miles, stage 8 miles, I3.50; round trip fc.50. 

Tuscan Springs; Oregon line to Red Bluff, 199 miles, stage 7 
miles, $7.45. 

Upper Soda Springs, Oregon line to Upper Soda vSprings, 299 
miles, $10.10. 

Vacaville; Ogden line to Elmira, to Vacaville, 65 miles, 
I2.30, I2.05. 

Vichy Springs; San Francisco & North Pacific to Ukiah, 113 
miles, stage 3 miles, I4.75. 

Wawona; Los Angeles train to Raymond via Berenda, 199 
miles, stage 38 miles, |ii.oo. 

White Sulphur Springs; Napa Valley line to St. Helena, 64 
miles, stage 2 miles, ^2.30. 

Yosemite Valley; via Milton, 121 miles, stage 85 miles, round 
trip I40.00; via Raymond, 199 miles, stage 60 miles, round trip 
I50.00. Two other stage routes lead into the valley, one via 
Priests and the Tuolumne Grove of Big Trees, stage 85 miles, 
round trip I40.00; and the other via Calaveras Big Trees, stage 
T40 miles, round trip I50.00. 



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SAN FRANCISCO: 

The Imperial City by the Western Sea. 






The Gates of the City— 

Whoever would visit the California Midwinter Fair must first 
enter the gates of the Ittiperial City by the western sea which like 
ancient Rome, sits supremely on a throne of hills. Barely forty- 
five years old, San Francisco now has a population of over three 
hundred thousand inhabitants and, in addition to being the com- 
mercial metropolis of the Pacific Coast, stands in the front rank 
of the great cities of the nation as the eighth on the list. It 
occupies the extremity of a peninsula, covering twelve square 
miles, and is flanked by one of the finest bays in the world on 
the one side and by the waters of the Pacific Ocean on the other. 

The Golden Gate— 

The visitor who would enter this city from the sea must pass 
through a narrow gorge intersecting the outer Coast Range and 
known as the Golden Gate. This entrance is not over a mile 
wide at its narrowest point. On the south side rises an irregular 
wall capped with shifting sand dunes, beyond which lies the city 
and the site of the Midwinter Fair ; on the north, the bold and 
frowning cliffs of Marin Coimty rise abruptly from the water's 
edge and are surmounted by the towering peak of Mt. Tamalpais. 
For the guidance of mariners, a light-house has been placed by 
the United States government on the Farallone Islands, a group 
of barren rocks of volcanic origin standing in the open sea thirty- 
five miles west of the Gate. Another light is stationed on the 
north head of the entrance — Point Bonita — and still others on 
Forts Point and Alcatraz, inside the harbor. The depth of wator 
in the Gate is great enough to permit the largest vessel afloat to 
pass with safety at any stage of the tide. The government has 
strongly fortified it with batteries of heavy guns, some of which 
are situated on the crown of the southern wall ; others have been 
erected at Lime and Fort Points, within the Gate, and still others 
on Angel and Alcatraz Islands which command the entrance 
within the bay. 

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It is through this ocean gateway that the commerce of the 
nation with the Orient, with the islands of the Pacific, with 

Australasia, the Rus- 
sian Asiatic Pos- 
sessions, British 
Columbia, the west- 
ern coasts of South 
and Central America 
and the bulk of the 
commerce of Mexico 
passes ; but no un- 
friendly ship can 
make the passage 
without first run- 
ning the gauntlet 
of the bristling bat- 
teries which serve as 
its guardians. 




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The Eastern 

Eutrance — 

The eastern en- 
trance to the city is 
trans-bay. The 
Eastern visitor who 
makes the trip to 
the Midwinter Ex- 
position by rail 
must come in this 
way, no matter 
whether the south- 
ern, central or 
northern transcon- 
tinental route is 
followed. As all 
roads led to Rome 
in the days of its 
greatest glory, so 
all transcontinental 
railroads, whether 
on Canadian or 
American soil, so 
far constructed, 
make San Francisco 
their western ter- 
minus, car and ferry boat connecting on the Eastern shore of 
the bay. 




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The Larg^est Ferry Boat in the World — 

All routes by land practically converge at Port Costa, situate 
at the northern end of Carquinez Strait which for many years 
past has been the chief wheat shipping point in the State. It is 
also the southern landing place of the ferry steamer Solano^ 
which has the distinction of being the largest ferry boat in the 
world, its deck room being equal to the area of one acre. This 
mammoth steamer is used for the transportation of trains across 
Carquinez Strait between Benicia (once the State Capital), situate 
on the north side of the waterway, and Port Costa. All passen- 
gers by rail by the northern and central railroad routes — 
namely : by the Canadian Pacific, who continue their journey to 
vSan Francisco by land ; by the Northern Pacific and the Central 
Pacific — make the passage of Carquinez Strait on the Solano. 
The boat is, in reality, a floating bridge, driven by steam, as the 

trains are 
carried on 
it bodily 
over the 
straits. 
The time 
occupied in 
making 
the pas- 
sage a f - 
fords the 
tourist an 
opportuni- 
t y to i n - 
spect one 
of the most 
r e m a r k- 
able marine structures in existence and to ''take in ^' one of the 
most interesting water and land scapes he has probably ever 
viewed. Mare Island, the United States Navy Yard, stands to 
the west ; the city of Benicia spreads out over the hills on the 
north, and Martinez and Port Costa nestle under the lee of the 
Contra Costa hills on the south, while midway flows the current 
of the San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers, dotted with bay 
and river craft, engaged in commerce or in pleasure. 




DECK OF I^ARGKST FKRRY BOAT IN THK WORI,D 



Bay Ferries — 

Passengers by the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railroads 
do not cross Carquinez Strait but they join the drift of railroad 
travel to San Francisco at Port Costa. An hour's ride from Port 
Costa brings the eastern, northern and southern trains into the 
great ferry building at the end of Oakland mole, which is practi- 



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cally tlie terminal point of the transcontinental railroad system. 
There, all passengers are transferred to the ferry boat in waiting. 
The steamers employed on the Oakland and vSan Francisco ferry 
are the finest ferry boats in existence, being luxuriously furnished 
and equipped for the comfort of passengers. These ferry boats 
run between the two cities every half hour, making the passage 
across the bay — a distance of three and one-half miles — in from 
sixteen to eighteen minutes. From twenty-five to thirty thou- 
sand passengeis are carried on these boats daily, at a cost of ten 
cents each way, for local fares. Similar ferry boats to those 
employed in the Oakland service also ply between San Francisco 
and Sausalito and Tiburon, Sausalito being the terminus of the 
North Pacific Coast Railway, a narrow gauge road, running into 
the northern redwoods and passing through a region of surpassing 
picturesqueness, and Tiburon being the terminus of the San Fran- 
cisco and 
North Pa- 
cific Rail- 
road, which 
traverses 
the beauti- 
ful Russian 
River Val- 
ley, as far 
north as 
the town 
of Ukiah, 
a region 
full of at- 
tractions to 
the touristy 
Another 
line of ferry boats, similarly equipped, ply to and from Oakland 
by way of San Antonio Creek, which is a notable waterway 
to the tourist as it is the scene of the most important harbor 
improvement thus far undertaken by the United States Govern- 
ment on the Pacific Coast. And, still another ferry line joins 
the city with Alameda, the sister city of Oakland on the eastern 
shore of the bay. This constitutes the terminal of the South 
Pacific Coast Railway, a narrow gauge road running south along 
the eastern shore of the bay, through the pretty towns of Santa 
Clara and vSan Jose, thence to I,os Gatos, which is attaining fame 
for its fine wines, where it enters the Santa Cruz Mountains, a 
wild and romantic range lying between the fertile Santa Clara 
Valley and the vSea, emerging, finally, on the shore of Monterey 
Hay, at the old mission town of Santa Cruz, which is now a 
popular seaside resort. 




A BAY FKRRY BOAT 



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The Metropolitan Artery- 
All the bay ferries converge at or adjacent to the foot of 
Market Street, which almost bisects the city, and is in fact the 
main arterial thoroughfare of the metropolis. The streets -join- 
ing this thoroughfare on the south, as far west as the base of the 
western amphitheater of hills shielding the city from the ocean — 
that is, to the junction of Valencia Street — run southerly at right 
angles with it. All the streets on the north side have been laid 




XHK NEW CAI^IFORNIA 

out at right angles with one another, but at acute and obtuse 
angles with Market Street. The streets on the north of Market 
street, beginning at the waterfront, going westward, are (run- 
ning nearly north and south) in their regular order as follows : 
East, Drumm, Davis, Front, Battery, Sansome, Montgomery, 
Kearny, Dupont, Stockton, Powell, Mason, Taylor, Jones, Leaven- 
worth, Hyde, Larkin, Polk, Van Ness, Franklin, Gough, Octavia, 
Lagunaj Buchanan, Webster, Fillmore, Steiner, Pierce, Scott, 



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Devisadero, Broderick, Baker, Lyon, Cemetery or Central Ave- 
nue, Walnut, Laurel, Locust, Spruce and Cherry Streets ; and 
then the avenues: First, Second, Third and so on to Forty-ninth 
at the ocean beach. 

Those running out of Market on the north side of it in nearly 
a due east and west course are, beginning at the ferries : Sacra- 
mento, California, Pine, Bush, Sutter, Post, Geary, O'Farrell, 
Ellis, Eddy, Turk, Tyler or Golden Gate Avenue, McAllister, 



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MARKKT STRKKT AT POST vSTREKT 



Fulton, Grove, Hayes, Fell, Oak, Page, Haiglit, Waller, Kale, 
Ridley. 

The streets at right angles to Market and on the south 
side of it, beginning at the waterfront, are as follows: h'ast, 
Steuart, Spear, Main, Beale, Fremont, First, Second, Third, 
Fourth and so on out to h^leventh. At the last named 
street Valencia joins Market at an obtuse angle, and thence- 
forward the numbered thoroughfares intersect \'alencia at right 
angles until Thirtieth Street is reached. 



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Notable BuilcliTig-s — 

The principal hotels and the finest business blocks in the city 
are located on either side of Market Street, and on the principal 
side streets immediately adjacent to it. Among those which are 




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sure to rivet the attention of the tourist as he proceeds uptown 
from the ferry landings are the Luning Block, a new structure of 
quaint architectural design, occupying the California Street gore, 
the Grand and Palace Hotels, between Second and Third Streets, 
the latter the largest caravansary in the world and capable of 
accommodating 1200 guests; immediately opposite, on the Post 
Street gore, is the Crocker Block, built of Rocklin granite, Roman 
brick and terra cotta, and under its shadow, on the north side of 



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A MODJUv BANK lUIlI.DIXCV 



Post Street, stands the Masonic Temple. Prom this point may 
be seen abso, when looking north along Montgomery Street, the 
Mills Building, constructed of Inyo marble and Roman brick 
with terra cotta ornamentations, while a massive structure ol" 
Raymond granite is being erected at the corner (^f Post and 
Montgomery, opposite the Masonic Temple. At the junction o( 
Kearny, Market and Oeary stands the Chronicle Ihiilding, a nias- 
si\r brick and Ses])e (Ventura Count}) sandstone of a dark 



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lavender color, crowned with a tall, turreted bronze clock tower, 
all constituting a splendid monument of the energy and enter- 
prise and courage of the man who gave being to the Midwinter 
Fair, M. H. de Young, the proprietor of the Chronicle^ and 
the Director General of the Exposition. On the south side of 
Market Street, directly opposite the Chronicle Building, is the 
Nucleus Block, the property of W. R. Hearst, the enterprising 
proprietor of the " monarch of the dailies," the Examiner^ and 
which it is designed to reconstruct at a future day to serve as a 
suitable headquarters for that journal. The Phelan Block is a 




MARKET STRKKT AT THK BAI.DWIN HOTEIy 



conspicuous building on the O'Farrell Street gore. The Flood 
Building, at the corner of Fourth and Market Streets, is a 
reminder of the great Comstock lode in its best days when the 
bonanza mines yielded their immense volumes of the precious 
metals for the enrichment of their owners, and adjoining it on 
either side are the Pioneer Building, with its frontage on Fourth 
Street, and the building of the Academy of Sciences, with its 
frontage on Market Street, monuments of the generosity of the 
late James Lick, who left the bulk of his great fortune as public 



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benefactions. The Baldwin Hotel and Theater, at Powell and 
Market, the Odd Fellows Hall at Seventh and Market, the 
Murphy Block opposite, at the corner of Jones and Market, fol- 
low in quick succession as the tourist moves westward. 

Natural Curiosities and Mineral Collections— 

The Academy of Sciences is a magnificent structure, contain- 
ing in the material employed in its erection specimens of all the 
many varieties of building stone to be found in this State and in 
the neighboring Territory of Arizona, including polished marble 
from Colton, pink sandstone from Arizona, lavender sandstone 
from Sespe, Ventura County, yellow sandstone from Gilroy, and 
granite, plain and polished, from various points in the State. 
The museum is worth the inspection of the vivsitor to San Fran- 
cisco, for it contains a fine and rare collection of birds, animals, 
fishes, reptiles, shells and aboriginal implements, etc. It is free to 
the public. 

The Pioneer Building is also the headquarters of the State 
Mining Bureau and contains in its museum a splendid collection 
of the minerals found in the State. An examination of the col- 
lection will give the visitor a suggestion, at least, of the great 
mineral wealth of California. Additions are being made continu- 
ally to the collection, showing new developments in mining in 
every direction. 

City and County Building^s — 

Then comes the City Hall, occupying a three-cornered tract 
bounded by McAllister and I^arkin Streets and Park Avenue. 
The site is historical, for the reason that it formerly constituted 
the cemetery, of Verba Buena, where many of the pioneers who 
died in early days were buried. The remains were removed to 
Laurel Hill Cemetery in the latter sixties and earlier seventies to 
make way for the imposing pile of brick, stcne and iron now 
standing on the spot. This structure has been over twenty years 
under construction and has cost nearly |4, 000,000, but it is yet 
incomplete. It embraces a fire-proof building for the preser- 
vation of the municipal records, which is a circular structure^ 
separate from the main building and connected with it by a corri- 
dor ; all the city and county offices, the civil and superior criminal 
courts of the county, the rooms of the Board of Education, 
the Free and Law Libraries, police headquarters and a prison 
for the confinement of petty offenders and for the detention of 
those arrCvSted for higher crimes until after their preliminary 
examination .shall have been held. Other municipal buildings 
are the Old City Hall on Kearny Street, between Washington 
and Merchant ; the County Jail, on Broadway, near Kearny; the 
Industrial School and Branch County Jail (formerly the House of 



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Correction), in the southwestern suburbs, and the Almshouse, on 
the western slope of the Mission Hills. 

United States Building-s— 

The United States has a Custom House and Postoffice, an 
Appraisers' Building, a Treasury Building and a Mint for the 
coinage of money. 

United States Mint— 

The United States Mint is the largest structure of that char- 
acter in the country and is one of the handsomest public buildings 
in San Francisco. It fronts i6i feet on Mission and 217 feet on 
Fifth Street. It is built in the Doric style of architecture, with 
massive fluted columns at the entrance. The basement and steps 
are of California granite and the upper walls of freestone obtained 
from Newcastle Island, in the Gulf of Georgia. The machinery 
is of the latest pattern and is equal in efficiency to any used in 
the United States. When working to its full capacity the Mint 
can coin nearly 1,000,000 ounces per month. It contains one of 
the finest numismatic collections in existence, which is open to 
inspection by visitors, who are admitted daily between the hours 
of 9 A. M. and 12 M., and for whose special accommodation a con- 
ductor is provided by the Government to escort them through the 
building. It is easy of access by any of the Market Street and 
Mission Street cars direct or by transfer indirectly by any other 
line in the city. The building contains the offices of the Super- 
intendent, Assayer, Coiner and all the attaches of their respective 
departments. 

Custom House and Postoffice Block— 

The Custom House and General Postoffice Building occupies 
the eastern half of the block bounded by Battery, Sansome, 
Washington and Jackson Streets. It is a somber three-story 
structure. The ground floor is occupied exclusively by the various 
departments of the General Postoffice, the main entrance being in 
the wing fronting on Washington Street. The upper two stories 
constitute the Custom House, the main entrance being on Battery 
Street. In the Custom House are quartered the Collector of the 
Port, the Surveyor of the Port, and the Naval Officer and the I 
special agents of the U. S. Treasury Department with their ■ 
respective subordinates. 

The western half of the Custom House and Postoffice Block 
is occupied by the United States Appraisers' Building. It is a 
plain brick and stone edifice, four stories high, and contains 
besides the offices of the United States Appraiser, the rooms of 
the United States District and Circuit Courts, the offices of their 
respective clerks and commissioners, and the offices of the United 



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States Coast and Geodetic Survey. Tlie main entrance to the 
U. S. Appraisers' Building is on the Sansome Street frontage ; 
there are also side entrances, for public use, on the Washington 
and Jackson Streets frontages. 

Cars of the Central, the Union Street and the Presidio and 
Ferries Railroad Companies pass close by the Custom House, 
Postofifice and Appraisers' Building. 

Branch Postoffices — 

Branch Postoffices are located as follows : 

Sta. A.— 1309 Polk. Sta. G.— 17th and Market. 

B.— 14 City Hall Ave. H.— I^aguna & Taylor. 

C— 20th & Mission. ^ J.— Stockton & Union. 

D.— Foot of Market. K.— New Montg'y & Jessie. 

K. — 3d nr. Townsend. Iv. — Midwinter Fair 
F. — Post & Devisadero. 

United States Brancli Treasury — 

The United States Branch Treasury is an unpretentious three- 
story brick and stone structure standing on the north side of 
Commercial Street, between Kearny and Montgomery Streets. 
Only the lower part of the building is used by the Assista-it 
Treasurer of the United States for his offices, and in these quar- 
ters are located the big vaults in which the P'ederal Government's 
coin and securities are stored. 

The upper floors are occupied by the United States Surveyor- 
General for California, and by the Registrar and Receiver of the 
United States Land Office. 

Horse cars of the North Beach & Mission and the Third 
and Montgomery Street branch of the Omnibus Cable Co. 's lines 
and the cable cars of the California Street and the Presidio and 
Ferries Co.'s lines, run convenient to the Treasury Building. 

Other Interesting- Institutions- 
Shot Tower, First and Howard. 

Merchants' Exchange, California below Montgomery. 
Stock Kxchange, Pine near Montgomery. 
Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express, New Montgomery and Jessie 

Streets. 

Chinese Merchants' Exchange, 739 Sacramento. 

Notable Kesidences— 

Many private residences in the city are famous the world 
over. This is particularly the case with those crowning the sinii- 
mit of California Street Hill, popularly styled " Nob Hill," llir 
most conspicuous elevation in the city. A ride of a few minuU-s 
from Market vStreet on the California vStreet cable cars, or froiii 
the ferry landing, by the more roundabout way of I lie Powell 
Street branch of the I'erries and Cli(T House Railroad, brings 



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the tourist to the scene of the costly structures erected by the late 
Mark Hopkins, Charles Crocker and Leland Stanford. The 
Stanford residence, which is occupied by the Senator's widow, is 
reputed to have cost |2, 000,000 ; the Crocker residence, |2, 500,- 
000, and the Hopkins residence, which was the last of the 
three to be built, the enormous sum of ^2,750,000. Each of these 




THE STANFORD RESIDENCE 

magnificent structures command a splendid view of the city, the 
bay and the territory surrounding it. They are also surrounded 
by elegant grounds, artistically laid out in lawns, flower beds and 
walks. The interiors of these houses have been fitted up with 
the costliest and rarest woods of the world's forests. The Hop- 
kins mansion is now devoted to art, having been presented by 




THE CROCKER RESIDENCE 



Kdward F. Searles, the surviving husband of the late Mrs. Mary 
Hopkins-Searles, to the San Francisco Art Association and the 
University of California, and it is under their jo.nt control. On the 
block diagonally opposite the Hopkins Art Institute, fronting 
California Street, is the magnificent structure erected by the late 
James C. Flood, of bonanza fame, as a residence. Tf is built of 



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Connecticut brownstone, and is the only structure in the State 
built of that material. On the block farther west stands the 
residence of the late D. D. Col ton, now the property of Collis P. 
Huntington, president of the Southern Pacific Company. The 
late Robert Sherwood erected the handsome residence standing 
opposite the Crocker residence, at the southwest corner of Cali- 




MARK HOPKINS INSTITUTE) OP' ART 

fornia and Taylor Streets. All of these buildings are historical 
for the reason that they are associated directly with the great 
fortunes that grew out of the construction of the Central Pacific 
Railroad and the wonderful mineral wealth of the great Com- 
stock lyode in Nevada. If the visitor will take a trip along the 
Pacific Heights on the cars of the Ferries & Cliff House Cable 
Company's line he will vSee terraces of magnificent dwellings of a 



Tin<) LivOoi) Rj<:sii)]vNCK 

later production, besides enjoying one of the most attractive pano- 
ramic rides to be obtained on the street car service of the city, con- 
sisting of charming views of the city, glimpses of the bay and the 
Golden Gate, and a bird'vS-eye view of the harbor, its vshipping 
and its ishmds, and the mountain terrace surrounding it and 
stretching through half a dozen counties, -^ 



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Newspapers- 
San Francisco is an important news center. Much of the 
news of the Orient, the Far North and of the Pacific Archipelago 
is first transmitted to the civilized world from San Francisco. 
Naturally enough, therefore, it is well provided with newspapers. 
In fact, it is better provided with newspapers than any other city 
of its population on the continent. 

The big dailies of San Francisco will compare favorably in the 
matter of news, in volume, in enterprise, in general make-up, in 
the range of their influence, and in the ability of their editorial 
staff, with their cotemporaries in Eastern cities. They are all sold 
at a uniform rate of five cents per copy. 

The principal dailies are the Examiner, the Chronicle^ the 
Morning Call, the Report, the Post and the Bulletin, The last- 
named three are issued in the afternoon ; the other three are 
morning papers. 

Bach of these papers has, in addition to a large city circula- 
tion, an extensive constituency throughout the interior of the 
State, and, in fact, far beyond the State's boundaries also. 

All of them are supplied with the best and latest improved 
presses, and, on special occasions, they show great enterprise by 
turning out mammoth editions, marvels of journalistic patience, 
industry, ingenuity and skill, and very valuable in their special 
features. Some special issues of this kind have exceeded in size 
and in the volume of their contents anything of a like character 
from any newspaper office in the country. 

There are also a large number of weekly publications, most ot 
which are devoted to specialties, and several monthly magazines. 
Two of the latter are devoted to general literature, the Overland 
Monthly and the Illustrated Californian, Both are creditable 
publications, well edited, possessing a corps of contributors and 
handsomely illustrated, and notwithstanding the keenness of the 
competition of Eastern illustrated magazines, they commard a 
good circulation throughout the State. 



The Overland Monthly— 

The Overland Monthly has become one of the historic land- 
marks of the Pacific Coast. For twenty-six years it has been the 
unswerving exponent of the West Coast — its gold fields, natural 
advantages, industries, climate, scenery and civilization. It has 
been true to the motto Bret Harte chose for it : *' Devoted to the 
Development of the Country." It has truly been said that no 
history of the State can be written without referring to its 
columns. If a census could be taken of California's adopted 
citizens, it would be found that a large number of them had 
received their first incentive to ''go West " from its columns, 

San Francisco may well be proud that it has been able to 
support so high class a magazine when other cities embracing a 
much larger local field have failed. 

Its subscription list has covered the globe, and the best firms 
of the United States and Kurope have been represented in its 
advertising pages. 

Last April the editorial and business control was assumed by 
Rounsevelle Wildman, late United States Consul at Singapore, 
and the prospects for the Monthly have never been brighter. 




The Overland'' s world-renowned Bear Trade Mark, which is 
familiar to all readers, had its origin in a sketch by the pioneer 
artist, Charles Nahl, of the famous old bear *' Samson," owned by 
'' Grizzly Adams." ''^" A cut of this sketch happened to be on the 
first check book used by the first publisher for Overland business. 
He suggested to Bret Harte that the cut would make a good 
vignette for the new magazine, and after thinking it over, Bret 
Harte, in honor of the lately finished transcontinental railroad, 
with his pencil traced the few lines that make the railroad track, 
and the ^' Overland Bear" was complete. 

*See the Adventures of James Capen Adams, Mountaineer and Grizzly 
Bear Hunter of California, by Theodore H. Hittell, (i860), San Francisco. 



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Places of Amusement- 
San Francisco is well provided with theatres and other 
places of amusement, at each of which popular plays are con- 
stantly presented. 

A few years ago, the old California Theatre, for nearly a 
generation the leading playhouse of the city, on whose stage 
many of the leading stars of two continents appeared, was 
demolished and a finer and larger auditorium and a hotel erected 
on its site. The New California stands on Bush Street, between 
California and Dupont Streets. There is not a more richly 
appointed theatre in the country, while every attention for the 
comfort and safety of its patrons has been given in the arrange- 
ment of its interior and its exits. 

The Alcazar is a smaller structure of rich Moorish design at 
ii6 O'Farrell Street. 

The Baldwin is a charming little theatre, rich in its furnish- 
ings and ornamentation, situated in the block at the northeast 
corner of Market and Powell Streets. 

The Tivoli Opera House on Eddy near Powell always has a 
popular opera on the bill. 

The Standard and Bush Street Theatres are on opposite sides 
of Bush Street, between Kearny and Montgomery Streets, and 
are devoted chiefly to light comedy. 

The Grand Opera House is situated on Mission Street, west 
of Third. It is the largest theatre in the city and is capable of 
seating 2,500 persons, but it is not open regularly. 

Other theatres are the Stockwell's, on Powell Street near 
Market; Chinese theatres, 626 and 623 Jackson and 814 and 836 
Washington Streets. 

Clubs- 
Some of San Francisco's clubs are world-renowned, owing to 
the splendor of their quarters and the generous nature of their 
hospitality to distinguished visitors. The oldest club is the 
Pacific-Union — a combination of two organizations — which occu- 
pies magnificent quarters at the corner of Post and Stockton. 
The Cosmos Club is a near neighbor on Powell Street, fronting the 
same public park — Union Square, while near by — on Post Street 
near Grant Avenue — are the quarters of the Bohemian Club, 
which it now having a magnificent building erected on Sutter 
Street for its special use. Journalism is also represented in the 
Press Club, which has charming quarters and a large and influ- 
ential membership. The Olympic Club, famed in athletics, is the 
leading organization devoted to athletics and out-door sports, 
and it has fine grounds on the south side of Golden Gate Park, 






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adjacent to the Midwinter Fair grounds. Almost every national- 
ity in the community is also represented by a club, usually of a 
social and beneficiary nature. 

Churches — 

All denominations and creeds are represented in the religious 
institutions of San Francisco. Among them are many notable 
and costly structures. The largest of all is St. Ignatius Church, 
which, with the Jesuit College adjoining it, constitutes one of the 
most imposing groups of buildings in the city. It occupies the 
block bounded by Van Ness Avenue, Franklin, Grove and Hayes 
Streets. The church will accommodate six thousand persons. 
The spires stand 275 feet above the ground, and are the highest 
in the State» Other notable churches belonging to the Roman 
Catholics are: St. Mary's Cathedral, also on Van Ness Avenue, 
at the corner of O'Farrell Street; St. Patrick's Church, which 
possesses a full chime of bells, located on Mission near Third. 
Another imposing structure is Temple Bmanu-Bl, on Sutter 
Street near Powell, a Jewish synagogue. The Unitarian church 
on Geary and Franklin Streets is the direct successor of the 
famous Starr King's church, which, in its day, occupied a site on 
Geary Street near Stockton, now occupied by business blocks. 
Congregationalists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, and other 
denominations have also many fine and costly edifices. 

Public Libraries — 

San Francisco contains six libraries. These have an aggre- 
gate of two hundred thousand volumes on their shelves. The 
Free and Law Libraries are in the west end of the City Hall. 
The Mercantile Library is on Van Ness Avenue, corner of Golden 
Gate Avenue. The Mechanics' Library is on Post Street, 
between Montgomery and Kearny. The others are the San 
Francisco Verein and the French Libraries. 

Art Association — 

The San Francisco Art Association's gallery is in the Hop- 
kins Art Institute on California Street, at the corner of jNIason. 
It contains a fine collection of the best works of California 
artivSts. 

Cemeteries — 

San PVancisco is provided with some of the finest cemeteries 
in existence. Ivaurel Hill, the burial place of dead pioneers; 
Calvary, the Roman Catholic burial ground; (^dd h\dUn\s' 
Cemetery and the Masonic Cenielery cr()\vn the fringe of hills 
lying between the cnty proper and GoUUmi Gate Park, and the 
vivsitor to the latter will, no matter which way he enters, pass 



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by these cities of the dead. Hills of Eternity, Holy Cross and 
Cypress Lawn lie across the southern boundary line of the city 
in San Mateo County, and Mountain View Cemetery nestles in 
the beautiful hills back of Oakland, across the bay. 




The Chinese Quarters— 

The Chinese quarters in San Francisco are a source of never- 
failing interest to the visitor, for they furnish a means ready at 
hand to study orientalism in all its unique and peculiar features. 



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These "quarters" are located in the very heart of the city, sur- 
rounded on all sides either by the business establishments of the 
whites, or hemmed in by their habitations. On one side, "the 
quarters " are actually bounded by the premises of the wealthiest 




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white denizens of San Francisco, and it is only a step, as it were, 
/rom the most repulsive of Oriental squalor, to the greatest of 
Caucasian luxuriousncss. It is estimated that there are over 
80,000 Chinese in the TTnited vStates. Of this number nearly one- 



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third are liii (Idled together in the territory bounded on the north 
by Pacific Street, on the south by California Street, on the east 
by Kearny Street, and on the west by Mason Street, comprising 
not over twelve blocks. In some parts a labyrinth of passages 
intersects the divStrict, constituting a maze impossible for the 
uninitiated to traverse with certainty or security, while the 



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CHINKSK VKCKTABI^IO VENDOR 

ground underneath is hone3Xombed like a rabbit warren, these 
human burrows in some instances descending below the level of 
the sewers in their vicinity. No one ventures to explore the 
inner recesses of the Chinese quarters without being accompanied 
by an experienced guide. It is, of course, possible and safe to 
traverse the principal thoroughfares passing through *' the quar- 




AN OPIUM SMOKKR 



*^op\riQ:hted 
'iaLer, S. F. 



ters " without a guide; and there is much which the visitor can 
thus see that is curious, while glimpses may be obtained here 
and there of those vices and phases in their civilization which 
make association with the Mongolian race so repugnant to the 
average person of Caucasian blood. The Chinese joss-houses or 
temples for the worship of their deities; the Chinese theatres; the 



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Chinese restaurant, and even the Chinese vendor and artisan, 
who is encountered at almost every step in a tour through China- 
town, are each and all so different in kind and appointment 
to those of our own race that they become subjects of intense 
interest to those who have not seen them before. But the 
pungent fumes of burning opium which offend the nostrils every- 




OPIUM DICN INTERIOR 



Copyrighted 
Taber, S. K. 



where throughout '* the quarters," and an occasional glimpse 
which may be, now and again, obtained into some partially con- 
cealed interior, suggests the presence of the vice which the 
Asiatic has introduced into our midst, and which is thus under- 
mining the morals and constitutions of many youths of our own 
race. The visitor may enter the sacred precincts of the Chinese 




JOSvS HOUSIC INTERIOR 



Copyrighted, 18S7 
Taber, vS. F. 



joss-houses or temples without fear of sacrilege. This intrusion 
among the sacred vCvSsels of the temple and the material repre- 
sentations of the deities they worship, will be witnCvSsed by the 
ChinCvSe worshippers with stoical indificrenoe. There are six 
principal joss-houses and a number of smaller temples in the 
city, but there is notlii ag about the exterior or interior to suggest 



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the splendor of the pagan temples to be found in the Orient. 
The visitor to Chinatown will marvel at the great number of men 




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rushing hither and thither through ''the quarters," and the almost 
total absence of women and children. 



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Holidays in Chinatown- 
Sunday is a good day to see Chinatown in full blast. Its 
streets are then thronged by the men employed in the factories 
throughout the city. But the gala day of all holidays in the year 
is Chinese New Year, which begins with the first new moon 
after the sun has entered Aquarius, always occurring some time 
between January 21st and February iSth. The visitor to the 
Midwinter Fair who is fortunate enough to be in San Francisco 
during Chinese New Year will witness a scene never to be forgot- 
ten. A Chinese procession is also a wonderful spectacle, the 
pageant being unique in its barbarous splendor and display. 

Seal Rocks, the Cliff House and Sutro Park- 
Near the western or ocean extremity of Golden Gate Park 
stand the Seal Rocks, famous as the rookeries of these fur-bear- 
ing amphibians. They comprise a group of small, barren and 
wave-washed rocks, lashed by the heaving waters of the Pacific 
Ocean, outside the South Head to the Gate, Point Lobos. They 
are at all times interesting objects to visitors, for the reason that 
they offer an opportunity to inspect and study the animals occu- 
pying them in their native element. They are protected from 
slaughter by law, their molestation being strictly prohibited, as 
they constitute in foggy weather valuable aid to those mariners 
seeking to enter the Golden Gate, by means of the loud barking 
which they keep up incessantly, and which serves as a note of 
warning of their proximity to danger. When a storm is rag- 
ing, these rocks present a grand spectacle, the great waves lash- 
ing their sides and deluging them with spray, the seals in great 
commotion seeking shelter to leeward and bellowing louder than 
the roll of thunder which follows the violent shock of wave and 
shore. 

Towering above these seal rookeries, perched on the edge of 
the precipice forming at this point the shore line of the main- 
land, stands the famous hostelry of the Cliff House, and, on a 
terrace still higher, Sutro Park and Sutro Heights, the home of 
Adolph Sutro, the constructor of the great tunnel bearing his 
name, which drains a large section of the Comstock Lode. Sutro 
Park has been reclaimed from the desolate and shifting sand 
dunes, and is a standing illustration of what art, energy, fore- 
sight and money, intelligently utilized, can accomplish. The 
Park is private property, but the owner generously admits tlie 
public to inspect it at pleasure. Sutro Heights contains also a 
large collection of statuary, plaster casts of the famous works of 
art in the old world. 

Military Reservations- 
San Francisco, being a garrisoned city, contains several mili- 
tary reservations. The chief one is the Presidio, whore the 



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officers' quarters and the main part of the garrison are located, 
This reservation covers an area of 1500 acres of land on the north- 
ern side of the city, fronting on the Golden Gate for a distance 
of two miles on each side of Fort Point. The latter is a brick 
fortress, erected under the shadow of a bluff on a low point of 
rocks projecting into the Golden Gate at its narrowest point, 
which gives its guns the sweep of the entrance to the bay. Guns 
are also mounted en barbette along the bluff above, and directly 
opposite the fort, on the Marin County shore, are the water bat- 
teries of Lime Point. The reservation is all enclosed, but the 
military authorities have thrown it open to the public, and, what 
is of vastly greater benefit, constructed through it a splendid 




PRESIDIO MII^ITARY RESERVATION 



system of carriage drives, which the public are at liberty to use 
without challenge. Much of the reservation has also been 
planted with trees, and it promises to vie in time with Golden 
Gate Park as a public pleasure ground. From the summit of 
Presidio Hill, which is reached by the military roadways, one of 
the finest panoramic views on the continent is obtained when 
sea, bay and shore are free from fog and haze. On the southern 
side of Presidio Hill, and visible from some parts of Golden Gate 
Park, is the United States Marine Hospital. 

Another military reservation is located at Point San Jose, 
better known as Black Point. This fort is reached by the Union 
Street cable road to Polk Street, thence along the line of Polk 



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Street north to the bay shore. The fort is supplied with three 
15-inch Rodmans, weighing 25 tons each and capable of 
throwing a solid projectile of 450 pounds, or a shell of 432 
pounds. Point San Jose is the residence of the Department Com- 
mander. 

All of the principal islands in the bay have been reserved for 
military purposes. 

The old Mission Church— 

The old Mission Church, founded by the Franciscan friars on 
the 8th of October, 1776, and completed ten years later, is still 
standing at the corner of Dolores and Sixteenth Streets. It is the 
oldest building in San Francisco. The structure is built of adobe, 
the walls being three feet thick, resting on a foundation of 
undressed stone. Originally, the roof was covered with tiling, 




OT.D MISvSION DOIvORKS 

like that covering the Monterey County Building at the Mid- 
winter Fair; but in the modern work of repair and restoration 
shingles have been substituted. The building is still used for 
worship. Adjoining it is the Mission Cemetery, which stopped 
receiving interments in 1858. It contains the grave of Don Liiis 
Arguello, the first governor of Alta California under Mexican 
rule, and it also contains a strong reminder of vigilante days, 
in the fact that here lieth the dust of James P. Casey, the slayer 
of James King of William, who was hung for the crime by the 
Vigilance Committee of 1856. 

San Francisco Bay and Surround in g-s — 

San FrancivSco Bay consists really of throe broad sheets of 
water almost entirely surrounded by land and joined by vei y 
narrow straits to one another. The main bay lies, of course, east 



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of the city, stretching north to where the Marin County hills and 
a low tongue of land from the Contra Costa County shore nearly 
meet, leaving only a narrow waterway between them, in the 
center of which stand two rocky knobs know^n as the ** Two 
Brothers,'^ on one of which a lighthorse has been erected. It 
extends over forty miles to the south to San Jose. North of the 
** Brothers'' the land again recedes, leaving a broad, circular 
basin, nearly thirty miles across, which is known as San Pablo 
Bay. This is again connected by the strip of water already 
referred to as Carquinez Strait, with Benicia and Martinez on 
either shore at the northern end, and Vallejo and Mare Island, 
and Vallejo Junction on either side at the south end. North 




GUARDIANS OF THK GOI.DKN GATE) 



of this again is the bay of Suisun, which receives the waters of 
the San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers, whose confluence is at 
the upper end. 

Standing upon either one of the eminences upon which the 
city is erected, a fine view of the main bay, or San Francisco 
Bay proper, and its surroundings is obtained. In the northern 
foreground stand the Marin County Hills, and, in the hazy dis- 
tance beyond, the blue ranges of Sonoma and Napa Counties, 
which lie beyond San Pablo Bay. To the northeast and east the 
Contra Costa Hills sweep in a semi-circle behind the towns and 
cities and hamlets of Alameda County, consif^ting of Berkeleyl 
the seat of the University of California; Oakland, the educationa, 



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center of the Pacific Coast; Alameda, a charming suburban city; 
San Leandro, San Lorenzo, Haywards, Niles and other towns 
famous for their orchards and vineyards. In the middle distance, 
looking in that direction, are the bay islands, their rounded 
domes and green slopes contrasting harmoniously with the gray 
waters of the bay. These islands consist of Alcatraz, which is a 
strongly fortified rock and is also used as a military prison ; 
Angel Island, which is also fortified on the northwestern extrem- 
ity and is the site of the quarantine station ; and Goat or Yerba 
Buena Island, which lies immediately in front of the city and 
almost in the track of the Oakland ferries. This is now used by 
the United States Government as a station for lighthouse sup- 
plies, the wharf and buildings of which may be seen in crossing 
the bay in the little cove on the eastern side ; and also as a 
torpedo station, with a squatty, one-story, fire-proof structure, 
built for the purpose under the lee of a headland on the north- 
eastern end of the island. This island is capable of being strongly 
fortified, but so far no forts have been established on it. It was 
formerly used as a military post, but buildings and troops were 
moved many years ago to the Presidio, a large military reserva- 
tion situated on the north end of the city. To the south, the 
bay dissolves in the hazy distance, and the eye looking to the 
west rests on Bernal Heights and the Mission Peaks, overlooking 
the busy city below. 

San Francisco at Nig-ht— 

The city at night is an interesting sight, whether seen from the 
summit of the hills or from the decks of the bay ferry boats. It is a 
blaze of light, in either case, thrown out from parallel lines of burn- 
ing electric and gas lamps, climbing up the sides and over the 
summits of the hills, spreading over the low Mission flats and 
stretching like strings of brilliants along the docks and wharves 
on the waterfront. On clear weather, its twinkling lights can be 
made out thirty or forty miles off at sea and quite as far inland. 

Neig^hboring- Towns — 

A trip of half an hour, by either of their respective ferry boats, 
will take the visitor across the bay to Oakland, a city of over 
50, coo inhabitants, the largest of San Francisco's neighbors and a 
beautiful city of homes; or to Alameda, its nearest neighbor on 
the south, with a population of about 12,000; or to Berkeley, 
Oakland's northern neighbor, the home of the University of 
California, with a population of about 8,000 ; or to Sausalito and 
Tiburon. An hour's ride by rail takes the visitor to the beau- 
tiful citiesof Santa Clara and San Jose, at the south end of the bay; 
or the same time by rail and water carries one to San Rafael, 
the charming county sent of Marin, while Napa, the Soldiers' 
Home, St. Helena and Calisloga may be reached in three hours. 



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The Grandest Drive in America— 

Any visitor to San Francisco, desiring to enjoy one of the 
finest all-day drives on the continent, and having the means to 
procure a suitable team, can have his desire gratified within the 
limits of this city. Say, then, that the start is made at the 
junction of Golden Gate Avenue, the main thoroughfare leading 
to the Park, and Market Street. Reaching Van Ness Avenue, a 
turn is made north and that fashionable thoroughfare is followed 
to any one of the streets at the north end leading to the Presidio 
Reservation. Then let the driveway on the reservation, leading 
by the Barracks, Fort Point and over the Presidio Hill, be 
followed to the southern side of the reservation, where a good 
drive is to be obtained across the comparatively open stretch to 
the south to Golden Gate Park. Once there, the drives of the 
Park may be followed in a direct or roundabout way, as inclina- 
tion may prompt, to the ocean beach; thence to the north up the 
side of the cliff to Point I^obos, the Cliff House, Sutro Aquarium 
and Baths, carved out of the cliffs, and Sutro Heights; thence, 
returning to the beach and following the shore past the United 
States Life Saving Station, a safe distance from the breaking surf, 
which will in time be made into a great highway, two hundred 
feet in width and elevated several feet above the level of high 
tide, until Ocean View House is reached. There, the beach is left 
in the rear and the horses' heads are turned to the east, toward the 
range of hills lying between the beach and the city beyond. 
Ascending the slope of the range, the Almshouse is passed on 
the left, and at the summit the road suddenly emerges through 
Mission Pass, a narrow gap in the range, and the great city 
bursts suddenly in view at one's feet, the bay and its islands, 
and the mainland beyond, studded with human habitations, all 
coming within the line of vision. From there it is an agreeable 
drive down the grade to Seventeenth Street, and at Dolores Street 
a deviation of one block to Sixteenth Street will take you past the 
oldest building in San Francisco, Mission Dolores, erected in 1776, 
119 years ago, and the only reminder of the Mexican occupation 
of California now standing in the city. If time permits, the 
drive may be continued southeastward to South San Francisco, 
where the dry dock at Hunter's Point may be inspected ; 
thence northward past the Potrero, where the Union Iron Works 
— the works of the Pacific Coast naval constructors — the Spreckles 
Sugar Refinery and the Pacific Rolling Mills are located. The 
Union Iron Works are famous as the builders of the Charleston^ 
the San Francisco and the Olyinpia, cruisers; and the harbor 
defense ship Montei^ey and the battle ship Oregon, The water 
front may then be followed as near as the pleasure seeker desires 
to drive, returning to the point of beginning. It is an all-day 
drive, and will test the mettle of a good team; but it is one that 



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will well repay the expense, time and trouble. It will be a day 
into which a greater variety of sights and scenery will have been 
crowded than can be compressed into a day's drive in any other 
part of America. 



The Climate Around San Francisco Bay- 
October is usually the warmest month in the year in San 
Francisco and around the bay. The mean temperature in July 
is 57°. An average year does not contain more than half a dozen 
days when the temperature is 80° or upwards. From April until 
the end of August the western trade winds prevail, accompanied 
with more or less fog, being strongest and coolest in the month 
of June. Through the rest of the year the winds are variable. 
The weather is agreeable, however, at all times of the year. 
Winter is practically unknown here, that is, as it is known in the 
Eastern and Central States. The temperature seldom drops below 
the frost line; snow is a very rare visitant. Lawns remain green 
the year round; tender semi-tropical plants, such as are raised 
only under cover in the East, grow and bloom in the open air 
here throughout the year. The Eastern visitor to the Midwinter 
Fair will have abundant convincing proof of this fact, for the 
beds and borders in Golden Gate Park are planted with delicate 
flowers and tender shrubs, which were in full bloom at the open- 
ing of the Exposition, and which never cease to yield their frag- 
rant and beautiful tributes to tl:e hand that cultivates them. 
Yet a very light frost would leave its blighting mark on any one 
of these should it settle upon them, telling the tale of low tem- 
perature quite as plainly as the recording marks of any thermom- 
eter. And these plants are neither sheltered by glass nor 
fo'^^tered by artificial heat. No doubt that thousands of those 
visiting the Midwinter Fair will behold for the first time in the 
Park grounds, in the gardens of San Francisco, Oakland and 
other cities around the bay, great masses of tender callas, roses in 
endless profusion, fuchsias laden with pendant drops, geraniums 
ablaze with blossoms, and magnolias scenting the air with globes 
of white at Christmas tide and through the winter months. To 
some people, the only disagreeable feature about San Francisco 
weather is the prevalence of sea fogs, which frequently envelop 
it in a dense and moist atmosphere. But the climate is, for all 
that, bracing and enervating, and the strong trr.de winds and 
ocean fogs are of great sanitary benefit. Persons desiring to 
escape from the prCvSence of tlicse ocean fogs and the harshness of 
the trade winds, can do so by merely crossing the l);i}' Xo any of 
the suburban towns and cities, for neither winds nor fog i)ene- 
trate very far inland, and l)()tli are very materially tempered by 
the time they reach the eastern shore of the bay. 



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Hotels and Boarding and Lodging- Houses — 

The city is well supplied Tvith hotels furnishing first-class 
accommodations to guests, and with boarding houses and lodging 
establishments where patrons may enjoy ease and comfort. The 
principal hotels and boarding houses in town comprise the Palace, 
Grand, Occidental, Baldwin, California, Lick, Russ, American 
Exchange, Brookl^m, Pleasanton, Berkshire, Bella Vista, Windsor 
and others. The Hotel Pleasanton is the leading family and 
tourist hotel of San Francisco. It is situated on the comer of 




HOTEI. PLEAS ANTOX— CORNER JONES AND SUTTER 



Jones and Sutter Streets, within easy reach of the business center 
of the city b}' cable cars passing the door ; 450 feet above the sea 
level ; commands a perfect yievr of the city, bay and harbor, and 
is the most elegantly appointed and successfully conducted hotel 
on the Pacific Coast. Modern in all its improvements ; large and 
sunny rooms ensuite, with or without baths. Cuisine unsurpassed. 
Take Sutter Street horse cars at the ferry, foot of Market Street, 
which leave you at the door of the hotel. 



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Hotel and Boarding* Bureaus— 



The Midwinter Fair Hotel and Boarding Bureau, incorporated 
under the State laws, has the exclusive privilege of putting their 
uniformed agents on the trains of the Southern Pacific Company, 
and the pursers and stewards of the ocean steamers also act as 
agents. Accommodations can be obtained through them from 
the most expensive to the cheapest, at no extra expense and no 
advance on rates, or application can be made at their office, 
14 Post Street. Choice can be had of hotel, private hotel or 
private house. Information on all subjects will be freely given. 
A register is kept to enable friends to find one another, and mail 
can be addressed to the care of the Bureau. The Bureau also 
supplies guides to Chinatown and all other places of interest. 
The following well-known citizens are on the directory: President, 
Will E. Fisher, of the real estate firm of Will K. Fisher & Co.; 
Vice-President, Kugene G. Davis, of Davis Bros., Golden Rule 
Bazaar ; Treasurer, Henry Wads worth ; Cashier, Wells, Fargo & 
Co's Bank ; General Counsel, K. J. McCutchen, Attorney-at-Iyaw; 
Secretary and General Manager, Captain C. B. Knocker, formerly 
general agent World's Fair Hotel and Boarding Bureau. Head- 
quarters at 14 Post Street. 

There is also another responsible company known as the 
Midwinter Fair Hotel and Room Renting Co., whose quarters 
are rooms 72 and 73, Chronicle Building, corner of Market and 
Kearny Streets. It is conducted by two of San Francisco's most 
enterprising ladies, Mrs. Iv. L. Cornwall and Mrs. I. J. Woolner, 
who aim to do everything in their power for the comfort and 
pleasure of visitors to the city and make their stay enjoyable. 
They try to relieve them from all care and responsibility by sup- 
plying them with good and respectable quarters at a low price, 
also see to transferring their baggage, and, if desired, furnishing 
them with reliable Chinatown guides, chaperons, and giving them 
information on all points of interest in and around San Francisco. 
All visitors will do well to register with them as they will be 
received kindly and courteously. 

The Columbian — 

Among the most notable buildings on Market Street is the 
new Columbian Building, the entire ground floor of which is 
occupied by the well-known men's furnishing goods establish- 
ment of P. Beamish, who is perhaps the largest dealer in this line 
of goods in the United States, and has been in this special lino 
for thirty-two years, twenty-two years established in the well- 
known Nucleus Building, situated on the corner of INIarket and 
Third Streets. The stock he carries is sonicthin«» ininiense. The 



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fixtures are entirely of California redwood, polished, unique and 
rare, and well worth a visit. You are always welcome whether as 
purchasers or merely as visitors. It is one of the sights of the 
city and you should not miss it. 

Hack Fares- 
Hack fares are regulated by ordinance, and every company 
furnishing hacks for hire can supply patrons with cards contain- 
ing the official fares printed thereon. Bvery visitor to San Fran- 
cisco, having occasion to employ a hack, should be informed on 
the official fares, for the average jehu is human and liable to err 
on the side which nets him the greater profit. Following is the 
schedule of fares fixed by the cab and carriage companies under 
the hack ordinances, within the district bounded by Broadway, 
Gough, and Twelfth Streets, and the City Front, or for one mile : 

ONE-HORSE HAND BAGGAGE FRKK two HORSE COUPE 

COUPE OR CARRIAGE 

$1 00 One or two passengers | i 50 

More than two passengers 2 00 

25 Each additional mile (each passenger) 25 

I 50 Calling and Shopping, first hour 2 00 

1 00 Calling and Shopping, each subsequent hour i 50 

3 00 Theatres, Balls and Parties, both ways reserved 4 00 

3 00 Weddings 4 00 

2 00 German Hospital 2 50 

2 GO City and County Hospital 2 50 

2 50 St. I,uke's Hospital 3 00 

3 50 Funerals, three hours 4 00 

Funerals, over three hours, by the hour 

Funerals — To City Cemcterj^ 5 00 

Funerals — To Hol}^ Cross Cemetery 6 00 

2 50 Black Point 3 00 

3 00 Oakland Point (ferriage extra) 4 00 

4 00 Villa 5 00 

4 00 Park Drive 5 00 

5 00 Park Drive and to end of Beach Road 7 00 

6 00 Ingleside, via Park . , S 00 

6 GO CHff House, via Park and return 8 00 

Cliff House, via Park and return, via Ingleside 10 00 

5 00 Races, Bay District Track 7 00 

5 CO Alms House, via Park 7 00 

3 00 Presidio 4 00 

4 00 Presidio and Fort I'oint 5 00 

5 GO Presidio and P'ort Point Drive 6 00 

7 00 Presidio, Fort Point and Park Drive 10 00 

Presidio, Fort Point, C'iff House and Park Drive 12 00 

14-Mile House 12 00 

Detention after the time for which carri iges and coupes are ordered will 
he charged by the hour. 

Street Kail roads — 

The vStreet raih-oads of San I'rancivsco will be a novelty to 
mOvSt visitors from abroad, for the reason that they are operated 



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chiefly by wire cables running underground, a method of furnish- 
ing motive power of California invention peculiarly suited to the 
topography of the site of the city. Lately, most of the cable railroads 
in operation in San Francisco were consolidated under one general 
management. They all begin at or near the ferr}^ landings at the 
foot of Market Street, and throw out their branches in every 
direction to the suburbs of the north, south and west. A uniform 
fare of Ave cents is charged on all lines, and, by a system of 
transfers in use, any point in the city can be reached, no matter 
what car may be first boarded by the passenger. The followiui,^ 
is a directory of the various street railroads in the city and the 
lines to which transfers may 
be made without the pay- 
ment of any additional fare: 
California Street cars 
run from junction of Cali- 
fornia and Market Streets 
(one block from ferry) to 
cemeteries, and 
transfer to 
Hyde, from 
Hyde to Jones 
to Union 
Streets, and at 
Central Avenue 
to the motor 



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line for the 
Park. 

Ferries 
and Cliff 

House Rail- 
road runs 
out Clay and 
J a c k s o n 
Streets, from ferries to 
Central Avenue, California 
St. and Park; transfers to 
North Beach and Powell 
Street, and from Powell to 
all the Market Street lines 
and to Fifth Street ; at 
Central Avenue to the 
Park motor line. 
Geary Street, Park and Ocean Railroad runs from Geary and 
Market out Geary to Seventh Avenue and D Street. Transfers to 
North Beach and Mission cars, and at Market and Geary Streets 
to the ferries. 

Market Street Cable Railroad runs cars from the ferries out 
Market to McAllister, Hayes, Castro, Valencia and Haight 
Streets. All the lines transfer to Geary, Powell, Fifth and Turk 
Streets. ^Transfers extra— the Hayes Street line (green cars) to 
Larkin Street cars, on eastward trips, and to Folsom Street, 
going south and west ; the Castro Street (white cars) to Haight 




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Street line for the Park on eastward trips ; Valencia Street (blue 
cars) same as Castro Street line, and also to electric cars for up 
or downward trips ; Haight Street (red cars) to Valencia and 
Castro Street lines going west, on the eastward trips ; Fifth 
Street cars transfer to electric cars, going both ways, and also to 
the Potrero. 

The Omnibus Cable Company runs cable cars from ferry out 
Howard, and transfers to Third Street, Oak or Post Street, and 
Potrero Avenue cars ; horse cars from ferries and transfers to 
Post, North Beach, Howard Street, and Brannan Street cars for 
Pacific Mail Dock ; cable cars out Post, and transfers to North 
Beach, ferries, to Oak Street cars for Park on southward trips, 
and to Howard, Kllis and Potrero Avenue cars both ways. This 
system includes also the Oak and Kllis Street lines to the Park, 
the Brannan Street, South San Francisco and San Bruno lines. 

The Sutter Street Railroad runs from the ferry out Sutter to 
Central Avenue. Transfers to Polk Street cars, both ways, and 
thence to Hayes, Mission, Folsom and Electric cars. 

The Presidio and Ferries Railroad, or Union Street line, 
runs from ferries to Presidio. Transfers from Hyde for California 
Street cars and Park. 

The San Francisco and San Mateo System runs electric 
motors to Ocean View and cemeteries ( 5 cents additional fare 
after crossing county line). Transfers to Potrero, Sixth, Mission, 
Valencia, and Larkin Street cars, through which the Park can be 
reached. 

The motor lines for the Park and Cliff House (5 cents addi- 
tional fare to the Cliff) start from Central Avenue and Cali- 
fornia Street. Transfers from Park to California and Jackson 
Street systems. 

The Metropolitan Railway (electric) begins at Eddy and 
Market and Powell ; thence to Page and Clayton, south to Ninth 
Avenue and H Street, and fram Page and Clayton west to Stanyan 
Street entrance to Golden Gate Park. 

The only lines operated by horse-power are the Montgomery 
and Third Street line, running north and south from North Beach 
to the Southern Pacific Railroad depot, corner Fourth and Town- 
send, transferring to Kearny, to Post going west, to Market Street 
Cable going east to ferries, to Howard on Third, and to Brannan 
and Pacific Mail Dock on Third ; the South San Francisco line, 
from Tenth and Howard to South San Francisco, transferring to 
Howard Street, at Twenty-fourth, to San Bruno Road at Fifteenth 
Avenue, to Howard, Oak and Post at Tenth and Howard ; Sixth 
Street line, from ferry-landing to Brannan and Sixth, transferring 
to Turk, to Mission, to Folsom, to San PVancisco and San JNIateo 
Electric; and the Turk Street line, from Market and Turk, to 
Post and Filhnore, transferring to Market Street Cable to ferries, 
to Taylor and to Sixth. 



GOLDEN GATE PARK: 

Scene of the Midwinter Fair. 






How to Reach It — 

Golden Gate Park, the scene of the Midwinter International 
Exposition, lies on the western side of the city, beyond the outer 
terrace of hills. It has been for many years past a popular public 
resort, and all the street railroads in the city have, as a result, 
striven to get a share of the travel to and from it. Now, a system 
of transfers has been adopted by the various street railroad com- 
panies which enables one to travel to or from any part of the 
city and the Park on one fare. Conductors are always accom- 
modating, and will impart such information as the unfamiliar 
passenger may desire so as to reach his or her destination. 

What the Park Consists of— 

The Park is an oblong tract of land fronting on the ocean 
beach for a distance of one half mile, and reaching eastward into 
the heart of the city at Stanyan Street — a distance of three miles. 
It embraces 1013 acres of land reserved by legislative enactment 
from the Pueblo lands of the city for park purposes, and it is 
under the control of a special Board of Park Commissioners, 
appointed by the Governor of the State. It is charmingly 
located. The broad expanse of the Pacific Ocean spreads out to 
the westward. South and east it is hemmed in by an amphi- 
theatre of hills — the Mission Range, 925 feet in height, and Lone 
Mountain, 468 feet high; on the north, Presidio Heights, on the 
southern side of the Presidio military reservation, with Mt. Tamal- 
pais looming up behind it from across the Golden Gate. Of late 
years, the city has stretched out toward it, and residences are 
crowding around it on all sides, dotting the green landscape of 
the hilly slopes with the evidences of human life and activity. 
Originally the entire tract was a cheerless, desolate waste of shift- 
ing sand-dunes, the surface of which was kept in constant motion 
by the sea breezes, and consequently was devoid of vegetation. 
Every foot of it had to be reclaimed, and the work of reclamation 
which was begun in 1874, has been so thoroughly done that 
it is now one of the finest, as it is one of the largest, public 
parks in existence. There are, in fact, only two larger })ublic 
parks, owned by cities, in any part of the world, one being the 
Bois de Boulogne, near Paris, and the other Fairniount Park, 

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Philadelphia. In the improvement of Golden Gate Park there 
has been spent, up to date, about |i, 000,000. Much of 
the land permanently reclaimed is in a high state of cultivation. 

ppr— '^^^^^MW^^^^^Bi ^^ ^^ divided artis- 

r ^^BB^H iB^^^^H tically into grass 

lawns, flower beds, 
copses of beautiful 
shrubbery, groves 
of rare and valuable 
ornamental trees, 
ferneries, grottos, 
driveways and 
walks, everything 
being kept in the 
pink of order the 
year round. Acres 
of flower beds greet 
the eye on every 
hand, miles of flow- 
ering plants, in full 
I J^^ M*^^ t^ bloom, follow the 
meanderings of the 
roadways ; floricul- 
tural and arbori- 
cultural surprises 
confront the visitor 
whithersoever h e 
roams through the 
grounds. A play- 
ground for children 
\^^fc I fli ^ to make merry in 
has been provided 
through the bene- 
faction of the 
Sharon estate, 
which is fitted with 
m e r r y-g o-r o u n d s 
and other features 
of special interest 
to juveniles. There 
is also a wel 1- 
stocked aviary ; a 
deer park, in which 
herds of graceful 
animals find shelter ; a buffalo paddock, with splendid specimens 
of the horned and bearded herd that once held sway over the 
American prairies — before railroads and Indians and tourists exter- 
minated them; artificial lakes and fountains and waterfalls, suspen- 



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sion bridges, echo tunnels, baseball and cricket grounds, one of 
the finest conservatories in the country, which is stocked with a 
collection of the rarest tropical plants and orchids in existence, 





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a pond enclosed in it contaiiiini^ aiiioiii; diIki ilmi^^s a speci- 
men of the gigantic Amazonian water lily, which will pos- 
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would look for in vain elsewhere outside of its native habitat and 
the Kew Gardens in London, whence the Park specimen was 
originally obtained. But what may interest the visitor from 
abroqrl more to know is, that with the exception of those features 

specially included 
within the enclosure 
of the Midwinter 
Exposition, the 
Park, as he sees it 
to-day, is in the 
same condition the 
year round. The 
lawns are always 
green ; the flower- 
i n g plants and 
shrubs are always in 
bloom ; the calla 
lily unfolds its pure 
white chalice to the 
sunbeam of Christ- 
mas and New Year's 
Day as it does when 
the solar orb reaches 
the Tropic of Cancer 
in its yearly transit 
through the heav- 
ens, and the mignon- 
ette and the shy vio- 
let give forth their 
sweet fragrance with 
equal liberality here 
when the deep snows 
of winter cast a 
thick mantle over 
the Kastern visitor's 
home, and the Frost 
King locks its water- 
ways in shackles of 
ice. And for many 
years past free open- 
air instrumental 
concerts have been 
given under the aus- 
pices of the Park Commissioners for the entertainment of visitors, 
by the best military band west of the Rocky Mountains. The 
music stand is a shell-shaped structure, and in the large open area 
fronting it seats have been provided for the accommodation of the 
auditors. These concerts are given every Thursday, Saturday and 




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Sunday afternoons, rainy days excepted, of course, and thousands 
of persons attend them, by many of whom they are esteemed 
among the chief attractions of the Park. What better evidence 
of the geniality of vSan Francisco's climate can the visitor from 
abroad reasonably desire ? 

Entrances to the Park- 
There are over twenty public entrances to Golden Gate Park, 
distributed on each side of the reservation. Most of them 
open into it on the eastern end, where the principal improve- 




SUTRO HEIGHTS AND OCEAN BEACH 



ments for public enjoyment and comfort have been made, and 
where the Fair grounds are located. All entrances, no matter 
where located, are reached by one or other of the street car 
lines. 

Strawberry Hill— 

The highest elevation in the Park, a conical hill, 426 feet 
high, called Strawberry Hill, is crowned with an observatory, 
from which is obtained a splendid view of the ocean, of the Park 
and the surrounding territory. A fine driveway hads to the 
summit of the hill, and the ()l)servatory affords a welcome 
slu'Ucr to man and beast, once it is reached, from the c^liilling 



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ocean breeze. On the summit of this hill also is located the 
Park water reservoir and girdling the base of the hill is a lake 
for boating, while cascades and other charming innovations crop 
out along its flanks. The Park is, of course, being enriched from 
year to year with costly works of art and monuments of dis- 
tinguished men. 

Halleck Monument — 

A colossal figure in dark gray granite of General Henry W. 
Halleck, a California pioneer, and, from 1862 to 1864, General-in- 
Command of the United States Armies, stands in the center of a 




IN'TKRIOR OF^ PARK CONSERVATORY 

green lawn, half enclosed by rising ground thickly set with trees 
and shrubbery adjacent to the Main Drive and midway between 
the Park Lodge and the Music Stand and Carriage Concourse. 
The secluded nook in which this statue stands is supplied with 
seats for the comfort of the wayfarer. 



Garfield's Monument — 

The bronze figure of the martyred President, James A. Gar- 
field, is one of the most conspicuous of the Park monuments, occu- 
pying one of the most prominent places in it, and surrounded by 
the main drives. The figure of Garfield is ten feet high and it 



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stands on a pedestal fourteen feet high. He is represented as he 
was when about to deliver his inaugural address on the 
steps of the Capitol at Washington. At the base of the pedestal 
Columbia sits mourning for her dead. The reliefs on the pedestal 
show Garfield taking the oath of office and other incidents in his 
career. The artist is F. Happersberger, a native of San Francisco. 

Author of "The Star Spang-led Banner"— 

In memory of the author of the national hymn, " The Star 
Spangled Banner^'' — Francis Scott Key — a bronze statue by W. 
W. Story has been erected in Concert Valley, in front of the pres- 




KKARNY STREET, lyOOKING NORTH 

ent music stand, as one of the bequests of the late James Lick, 
the founder of Lick Observatory, Lick Public Baths, Lick School of 
Mechanic Arts, and other public institutions. 



The Baseball Pitcher— 

Another statue of rare excellence is the bronze figure of the 
baseball pitcher, by a Californian deaf-miite. This work of art 
stands by the side of the north drive leading toward the Fair 
grounds. It has received the highest commendations of art 
critics. 



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Drake's Memorial Cross — 

On the north side of Strawberry Hill is the monument erected 
under the auspices of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Cali- 
fornia in commemoration of the first Christian ser^nce of record 
held on the Pacific shores of what is now the United States, 
namely the service held on the shore of Drake's Bay by Francis 

Fletcher, the chaplain of 
^_^„„._^ ^ ^____ ^ the flagship of Sir Francis 

Drake, when Drake land- 
ed there in 1579. The 
monument is a Celtic 
cross modeled on the 
lines of the ancient cross 
of Monasterboice, Ire- 
land. The stem is richly 
carved after the manner 
of memorial edifices 
among the early Celtic 
Christians. The sub-base 
is seven feet, and the 
whole structure, which 
is made of Colorado sand- 
stone, stands forty feet 
high. The following in- 
scription appears on the 
front : 

"Consecrated October 

25, 1893 J ^y the Church 

Missionary Council, as a 

memorial of the service 

held on the shore of 

Drake's Ba}' about St. John Baptist's Day, June 24, a. d. 1579. 

by Francis Fletcher, Priest of the Church of England, Chaplain 

of Sir Francis Drake, Chronicler of the Ser^'ice." 

The following legends are also inscribed on the other side 
of the shaft : 

FIRST CHRISTIAN SERVICE OF KXOW'X RECORD ON OUR COAST. 




EPISCOPAL MEMORIAL CROSS 



FIRST USE OF BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER IN OUR COUNTRY. 



ONE OF THE FIRST RECORDED MISSIONARY PRAYERS ON OUR 

CONTINENT. 

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SIT. SEMPER. 

GLORIA. 

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The cross has been erected through the generosity of Geo. W. 
Childs, editor of the Philadelphia Z(?(^<fr, who asvsumed the entire 
cost of the monument. In clear weather the site of Drake's Land- 
ing may be made out, under the shadow of Point Reyes, from the 
site of the cross. 



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Respecting this memorial gift to California^ Mrs. Mary Lynde 
Craig, editor of the Women's Department of the Citrography 
makes this appropriate comment on the unveiling of the cross : 
"Mr. Childs, whose kindly materialized thoughts apparently 



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know neither financial nor geographical bounds, has on this New 
Year's Day linked the name of Sir Francis Drake, the great cir- 
cumnavigator, with that of the printer-philanthropist of Phila- 
delphia and the Midwinter Fair of San Francisco. Moreover, 
to us who have watched the progress of political events, it would 
seem a most fitting tribute to the sons of Colorado who have so 
recently, by popular vote, placed upon the head of woman in 




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NORTH POINT, I^OOKING TOWARD THE GATE^ 

their commonwealth, the crown of the elective franchise. The 
prayer book cross, the Colorado crown and the Midwinter Fair, 
are this day linked together for all time.'* 



Starr King-'s Monument — 

A monument to Thomas Starr King, the patriot Unitarian 
Minister of bellum days, stands between the Aviary and the 
Buffalo Paddock. 




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Amusements — Places of 

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San Francisco 

• • • 

Performances at the Theaters commence 8 p. m. and 2 p. M.; 
the latter being for matinees. 

Alcazar Theater, 116 O'Farrell, Vaudeville, 25c, 50c. 
Baldwin Theater, 932 Market. 

Every Evening except Sunday; Matinee Saturday. 

Regular Prices, 25, 35, 50, 75c, $1.00 and $1.50. 

Matinee ** $1.00, 75, 50 and 25c. 
Bay District Race-Track, east side 5th Ave. bet. A and D. 
Bella Union Theater, 805 Kearny, variety, 25c and 50e. 
Buck Taylor's Wild West Show, General Admission 10c. ; Reserved Seats, 

25c. Two Performances daily, rain or shine. 
Bush Street Theater, 325 Bush, 25, 50, 75c and $1,00. 
California Theater, north side Bush bet. Kearny and Dupont. 

Every evening including Sunday; Matinee Saturday. 

Regular Prices, 25, 50, 75c and $1.00. 

Matinee '' 25, 50 and 75c. 
Central Park, S. E. corner Market and Eighth, athletic grounds. 
Chinese Theater, 626 Jackson. 

" (Grand), 814 Washington. 

" (New), 623 Jackson. 

" (Royal), 836 Washington. 

Eden Musee, 729 Market. 

Golden Gate Hall, south side Sutter bet. Taylor and Jones, concert. 
MoROSco's Grand Opera House, Mission' bet. Third and Fourth, 10, 25 

and 50c. 
Grove Street Theater, north side Grove bet. Polk and Van Ness Ave., 

10 and 25c. 
Mechanics' Pavilion, cor. Larkin and Grove. 

Metropolitan Temple, east side Fifth bet. Market and Mission, concert. 
Midwinter Fair, Golden Gate Park, 50c. 

Howard St. Theater, south side Howard bet. Third and Fourth, 10 and 20c 
National Theater, cor. Eddy and Jones, 10, 20 and 30c. 
Orpheum, south side O'Farrell bet. Stockton and Powell, Vaudeville, 10, 

25 and 50c. 
Standard Theater, Bush bet. Montgomery and Kearny, 25, 50 and 75e. 
Stockwell's Theater, Powell, 25, 50, 75c and $1.00. 
Tivoli Opera House, Eddy near Market, 25 and 50c. 

Wigwam Theater, S. E. cor. Stockton and Geary, VaudeviUo, 10, 25 and 35e. 

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''the Traveler's " 

Bureau of lof ornjatioo 



Located at 602 Market Street, in the State Board of Trade 
Eooms, keeps on file, for free distribution, printed matter, sou- 
venirs, etc., of all the Hotels and Resorts in the State. 

It is their business to furnish WITHOUT CHARGE, reli- 
able information about any Resort, Hotel, Railway or Steamship 
Line in America, and you are cordially invited to call upon them 
at any and all times. 

YOU WILL. FIND THERE 

Also, tbe Office of 



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*'The most beautiful Journal in the United States." It is 
pablished monthly, and is profuse in handsome illustrations of 
California scenery. No Visitor to the Fair should fail to sub- 
sciibe for it, and it costs only 

$ 1 .00 A YEAR 

JOHNSTONE & BRYAN, Publisbers 

602 A\arK?t St. Sao Frapcisco, Cal. 



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Itineraries for Tourists. 



* * • 

Pleasant Trips to Pleasant Places 

for Pleasure Seekers. 

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The following itineraries, which we are able to print through 
the courtesy of The Tj'aveler^ of San Francisco, will be of interest 
to the visitor to the Fair who desires to see and enjoy something 
outside of San Francisco. To avoid the possibility of misleading the 
reader, it is proper to state here, however, that the time schedule^ 
of the railroads, connecting with the various places named, is 
liable to change any day. To insure certainty, therefore, the 
tourist contemplating visiting either of the places named ought 
to consult the latest railroad time card. The main value of the 
time card, here inserted, is to show how much time is really 
covered in either of these itineraries. 

A SLEIGH-KIDE AND A SKATE IX CAI.IFOIINIA 

Leave San Francisro 5:00 p. m. Saturday 

Arrive Trackee 5:55 a. m. Sunday 

Breakfast at the Truekee Hotel at the depot. At Franzini Bros, stable 
yon can secure a two-liorse sleigh, and after a ride of two and a half njilcs 
arrive at Donner Lake about 8:00 a. m. Take your lunch with you. Here 
you can skate all day and have a good time generally. Returning, leave 
Donner Lake about dusk, enjoy a moonlight drive over the snow, dine fit 
Truekee, and take the train at midnight, reaching San Francisco at 10:45 
A. M. Monday. 

Railroad fare (round trip) %VS GO 

Pullman berth " " I^ 00 

Sleigh lor four ** " each person 100 

NAPA SOI>A SPKINGS 

Leave San Francisco 4 :00 r. m. Saturday 

Arrive Napa (■):'J5 r. M. Saturday 

Arrive Napa Soda Springs 7:25 r. M. Saturday 

Leave Napa Soda Springs 0:00 a. m. Monday 

Arrive San Francisco y:45 a. M. Monday 

The stage ride from Napa to the Springs (seven miles) is one of the 
most picturesque in the State. The Springs are 1,000 feet above the level of 
the valley. Sunday can ])e most ])lea.santly spent there, the natural mineral 
water direct from the bubbling spring being free to guests. 

Railroad fare (round trip) ?'- 00 

Stage fare " " ^ ^H) 

PASO KOBI.ES SPRINGS 

Leave San Francisco S:15 a. m. Saturilay 

Arrive Paso Kobles Springs 4:li) r. m. Saturday 

Leave Faso llobles Springs 10:1;? A. M. Monday 

Arrive San Francisco 0:10 r. M. Mi)nday 

There is no ])leasanter day's ride out of San Francisco than this. The 
ocean is twice sighted, and a glimpse of two of California's i)roudest insii- 

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tutions, viz.: Leland Stanford, Junior, University and the Lick Observatory, 
are to be had en route. 

Railroad fare (round trip) $12 40 

DEX. 3IOXTE, SAXTA CKUZ AXD SAX JOSE 

Leave San Francisco 2:30 F. m. Saturday 

Arrive Hotel del Monte 6:15 P. m. Saturday 

Leave " " 1:38 p. m. Sunday 

Arrive Santa Cruz (Sea Beach Hotel) 3:40 p. m. Sunday 

Leave " " 2:00 p. M. Monday 



P S T A. 

YRON SPRINGS 




SOUTH OF SAX FRAXCISCO TO MOXTEREY 



Arrive San Jose (Hotel Vendome) 4:10 p. m. Monday 

Leave " " 9:00 a. m. Tuesday 

Arrive San Francisco 10:50 a. m. Tuesday 

From San Francisco to Del Monte and Del Monte to Santa Cruz you 
take the broad-eauge route; from Santa Cruz to San Francisco, the narrow- 
gauge route through the S^nta Cruz Mountains. At Del Monte you will 
have ample time to see the ' e lutiful grounds and take the famous eighteen- 
mile drive. At the Sea Beach Hotel, Santa Cruz, you are constantly in view of 



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the ocean and the bathing grounds. From here a beautiful ride may be taken 
to the Big Trees, only seven miles distant. From the Hotel Vendome, San Jose, 
you can take interesting drives to the New Almaden Mines, twelve miles, 
isanta Clara, three-and-a-half miles, or Alum Rock Springs, seven miles. A 
stay of one day longer at San Jose will give you an opportunity to make 
the trip to the Lick Observatory at Mount Hamilton, twenty-seven miles 
from San Jose, leaving the latter point at 7:30 a. m., ar^d returning to 
San Jose about 6:00 p. m. Round-trip rate from San Jose, $4.00. 

Round-trip railroad ticket from San Francisco, good for six months, 
and including the above itinerary, $7.30. 



PAKAISO SPRINGS 

Leave San Francisco 8 :15 a.m. Saturday 

Arrive Soledad 1 :43 p. M. Saturday 

Arrive Paraiso 2 :45 p. m. Saturday 

Leave " 11:45 a. m. Monday 

Arrive San Francisco 6:10 p. m. Monday 

Paraiso has an altitude of 1,400 feet above the sea-level, and is both a 
summer and winter resort. Here you can enjoy a delightful plunge bath, 
and partake of the iron, soda or sulphur springs. The beauty of its sur 
roundings, and the character of its several springs, have justly earned for 
Paraiso the tiile of ** Carlsbad of America." 

Round-trip fare to the Springs • $9 00 



BA11TL.ETT SPRINGS 

Leave San Francisco via S. F. & N. P. Ry 7:40 a. m. 

Arrive at Bartlett Springs 8 p. m. 

Leave San Francisco (via S. P. route) 7 a. m 

Arrive at Bartlett Springs 8:30 p. m. 



BTRON SPRINGS 

Leave San Francisco 5 p. m. Friday 

Arrive at Byron Springs 8 p. m. Friday 

Leave San Francisco 9 a. m. Saturday 

Arrive at Byron Springs 12:15 p. m. Saturday 

Leave San Francisco 5 p. m. Saturday 

Arrive at Byron Springs 8 p. m. Saturday 

Leave Byron Springs 7:45 a. m. Monday 

Arrive in San Francisco 10:45 a. m. Monday 

Leave Byron Springs „ .. . 2:45 p. m. Sunday 

Arrive in San Francisco 5 :45 p. m. Sunday 

This trip is most pleasant, and includes a short carriage drive of two 
miles from Byron Station to the Springs without charge. Byron Springs is 
essentially a place of rest and recuperation, and is famous for the remark- 
able curative properties of its waters and baths. 

Fare, one way $1 90 

Round trip, Friday to Monday $3 00 



THE GEYSERS 

Leave San Francisco fS. F. c^ N. P. Ry.) 7:40 a. m. Saturday 

Arrive (loverdale 11:30 a. m. Saturday 

Arrive Geysers 3:30 p. m. Saturday 

Leave Cieyseis 9:00 a. m. Mouday 

Arrive (^loverdale 2:00 p. m. Monciay 

Arrive San Francisco 6:10 p. m. Monday 

Round-trip tickets (unlimited), $8.50. This includes stage, sixteen 
miles. Both the baths and guide through Geyser Cauou are free to guests. 
Rnnud-trip rail and stage ticket, including one week's board at the "^eysers, 
$23.50. 

The Geysers maybe also reached via Calistofra, from wliich ]>oiut the 
stage ride is Iweuty-six miles, aud the arriviug time two hours later, l-'are 
is the same. Round-trip ticket, going bv one route and returning bv another, 
$11.50. 



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CAZAl>EIlO 

Leave San Francisco. .-. 1:45 r. M. Saturday 

Arrive Cazadero ■ 7 :U0 p. m Saturday- 
Leave " : .5:00 A. M. Monday- 
Arrive San Francisco 10:25 a. m. Monday 

At Cazadero you can enjoy a hunt, fish, swim or ride through the Red- 
woods. The ride by rail on ttie Norih Pacific Coast is one of the most pic- 
turesque in California. 

Round trip from San Francisco $5.00 



YOSEMlTi] VAI.I.EY 

Leave San Francisco 4:00 p. m. Saturday 

Arrive Raymond 5:50 a. m. Sundav 

Leave " (Stage) 6 : 80 a. m. Sunday 

Arrive Wawona 6:00 P. m. Sunday 

Leave " 7:00 a. m. Monday 

Arrive Yosemite Aoon Monday 

Leave " 6:00 a. M.Tuesday 

Arrive San Francisco 9:45 a. m. Thursday 

Pullman Sleeper between San Francisco and Raymond, $1.50 per berth. 
The above itinerary and rate includes side trip to the Calaveras Big Trees. 
SaiT. Francisco to Yosemite and return $50.00 



.;. HOW TO GO TO 

Mt. Hamilton 

^ AND 

Llcl^ Observatory 

By ih^ in To HAimHUTOW JTAOm C©o 

Headquarters, Vendome Stables Telephone 146 

Upon arriving in San Jose, leave your orders at Hotel Vendome, the main 
office of the fit. Hamilton Stage Co. 

All communications by mail, wire or telephone receive prompt attention. 
Our Agents solicit on Trains arriving in San Jose. 

SAt\. AVILLER, eei7er2il Ageot, 6 13 A\2^rH^t St., 5- P. 



AND THE 



HEALTH 



AND 



PLEASURE 



SEEKERS 



Should surely go to Saratoga Springs, 
I^ake County, California. Five different Mineral Waters that by analysis are 
proven the equal of any known .similar springs. Accommodations for 300 
guests. Rhuematism, Neuralgia, Dyspepsia, I^iver Troubles quickly relieved. 
Rates from $2 per diem and $10 per week upward. Lovely cottages. Dancing 
hall, Croquet, Tennis courts, Hunting and Fishing. Send for circulars. 

R. H. WARFIELD 
Saratoga Springs, Bachelor P. O. 

Lake County, Cal. 




NORTH OK vSAN KRANCISCO TO UKIAII 

( San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad Ronte ) 



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Picturesque Kussian River Valley— 

The resident of San Francisco, to enjoy good health, 
requires an occasional outing. The winds and fogs of this city 
are chilling. No matter where a person lives, a change is desir- 
able, and the citizens of this State have a boon in our glorious 
and varied climate. A few hours' ride in any part of the State 
affords relief, but no portion possesses this advantage to so great 
an extent as San Francisco. Within one hour's ride our people 




ECHO TUNNElv, RUSSIAN RIVER CAXOX 

ON LINE OF S. F. & N. P. RY. 



can experience a complete change of climate on the San Fran- 
cisco & North Pacific Railway. At a distance of fifteen miles you 
reach San Rafael, with its delightful climate and beautiful resi- 
dences. There is no more inviting spot in California. It is about 
five hours' ride through the Marin, Sonoma and Sanel valleys to 
the terminus of the road at Ukiah. Beautiful towns like Peta- 
luma, Santa Rosa and Healdsburg greet the eye, whilst the coun- 
try 671 route J under a high state of cultivation, blooms like a 



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garden. On either side rise the foothills, and beyond, the moun- 
tains. Branches take you to Sonoma and Glen Bllen and Sebas- 
topol, nestling in the Sonoma and Russian River valleys, and 
Guerneville, the home of the redwoods. For picturesqueness the 
ride along the Russian River, from Cloverdale to Ukiah, cannot 
be excelled. At our very doors we have all that is beautiful in 
nature and lovely in climate. The management of the road is 
liberal, and affords an opportunity to all, rich and poor, to seek 
that change so desirable. Three-day excursion tickets are sold 




VIEW NORTH OF' SAN RArAKl. 

ON LINE OF S. F. & N. P. RY. 



at greatly reduced rates, and on Sunday half rates govern to all 
points. If you have time, take a rod or a gun for the finest fish- 
ing and hunting in the State. A hundred streams alive with 
trout and other fivsh are tributary to the San Francisco »S: North 
Pacific Railway. 



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Bartlett Springs- 
Pleasure seekers will find it a delightful place to spend the 
summer, and they can reap the benefits of the BarTI^KTT WaTBR 
at the same time. 

Invigorating for business men, strengthening for ladies, and 
■ nature's remedy for the ill. 

It has become proverbial, so long and so often has it been 
said that even after the physician's skill has lost its cunning there 
is still hope at Barti^kT'T Springs. 

Physicians themselves recommend the BarTi^BTT MinkRAI, 
.WaTKR to their patients, and in numberless cases with the 
'happiest possible results. 

The following is a partial list of the amusements to be had at 
the Springs : Lawn Tennis, Croquet, Dancing six times a week. 
Bowling, Billiards, Burro Rides and Bathing; also. Hunting in 
the dense pine forests of the mountains, hooking the gamey 
speckled beauties in the sparkling streams, and visiting neighbor- 
ing points of interest. 

Rates: In Hotel and Hotel Cottages, American Plan, |io.oo 
to ^15.00 per week, according to rooms. Special rates to families 
"and clubs. 

Cottages for housekeeping, |2.oo to |6.oo per week. 
Do not waste your money on patent medicines, but drink 
IBarTi^KTT Minkrai, Water for Bright's Disease, Liver and 
IKidney Complaint, Gout, Sciatica, St. Vitus Dance, Dyspepsia, 
IChronic Alcoholism, Skin and Blood Diseases, Malaria, Indiges- 
^tion, etc. 

As a Medicinal Water it stands second to none. A trial will 
^convince any one of this fact. 

The Water is for sale at all first-class Saloons, Groceries and 
Drug Stores in every town on the Pacific Coast. 

Put up 50 -quart and 24-quart Bottles to the Case. Natural 
or Carbonated, 

50-quart Bottles, (case) - - - $8.25 
24-quart Bottles, (halt-case) - - 4.25 

\ I2.50 refunded for 50 quarts, and |i.oo refunded for 24 quarts 
on return of Case, Barti^ETT Water BotTi.ES and Tui.E 
Covers. Liberal discount to the trade. 

Office Barti^ETT Springs Co., No. 22 I'ourth Street, (Base- 
ment), San Francisco, Cal. 




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Byron Hot Springs- 
Visitors to the Midwinter Fair from Southern California and 
its Eastern States over the Southern Overland Route pass Byron 
Hot Springs three hours before reaching San Francisco. 

Byron Hot Springs are in Contra Costa County and lie to 
the west of the railroad about one-half mile, nestled between two 
spurs of the Coast Range and one mile and a half from Byron 
Station, at which point a conveyance from the Springs meets all 
trains to and from San Francisco. 

The Springs are numerous and varied in chemical con- 
stituents, Hot and Cold Salt, Sulphur, Iron and Magnesia. 

The Baths are an especial feature and consist of natural Hot 
Mud or Peat Baths, Natural Hot Salt Water Baths and Warm 
Sulphur Baths. 

The Mud Baths at Byron are the most famous on the Coast, 
and are becoming well known to medical men in the Eastern 
States as well as California. 

All of the baths are in charge of competent and skillful 
attendants. 

The Springs of drinking water are equally famous and 
Byron can boast of having one of the few Springs of laxative 
waters in the United States, that is the Hot Salt Spring, the waters 
of which stimulate a healthy action of the Stomach and Bowels 
and leave no ill effects after using, as is the case with most waters 
of a laxative nature. 

The Hotel is of modern equipment, all rooms being easy of 
access, and arranged with special reference to comfort. The build- 
ing stands within a few yards of the Springs, from which the 
water is piped into every room. This is a great convenience to 
those who are invalids, A covered way also connects the main 
building with the Bath House. Cottages of various sizes dot the 
hillside opposite the Hotel, for the use of those who desire more 
privacy. 

Being within a few hours of the metropolis the table is not 
lacking in variety and quality. 

As a sanitarium Byron Springs is the most complete and the 
best known on the Coast. 




[JORTHPAtlFi 
'QOASTR" 



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The North Pacific Coast Railroad — 

The North Pacific Coast Eailroad which traverses Marin and 
Sonoma Counties has been very appropriately styled the Scenic 
Railway of California, for there is no other line of railroad in the 
State of equal length along which so much of the wild and 
picturesque in nature may be seen. From one terminal to the 
other, its everchanging scenery is a source of constant delight to 
the traveler. Boarding the ferry-boat at the foot of Market 
Street, a fine view of the city is obtained as the vessel steams 
across the bay. 

The Golden Gate, Fort Alcatraz, Angel Island' and Arch 








SCKNKS VIA N. P. C. R. R. 

Rock as they are passed in their order lend variety to the pleas- 
ing panorama. The passage to Sausalito is run in thirty minutes, 
where a transfer is made to the waiting train, and the delighted 
traveler is whu-led through one of the most charming sections of 
California Sausalito is itself a very attractive suburban town, its 
handsome residences scattered along the hillside and overlooking 
Richardson's Bay. This little suburb is also locally famous as 
yachting headquarters. A few minutes' ride by rail from Sausalito 
carries the traveler to Mill Valley which was only recently 
thrown open to settlement, but which has already attained groat 
popularity because of its natural attractions as a place for 
country residence, and easy access to the city of San Francisco. 




MILL \ ALLEY AND TAMALPAIS 



Three miles from this junction the train stops at the famous 
Larkspur "Inn," which is one of the most picturesque and 
delightful summer and winter resorts on the Pacific Coast, is 
beautifully situated, in Marin County, near the base of majestic 
Mount Tamalpais, with adjacent forests of redwoods, madrones 
and laurels ; and grand panoramic views of San Francisco Bay, 
the Contra Costa Hills, Mt. Diablo and the Coast Eange. 
Completely sheltered from the ocean fogs and bleak winds, 
Larkspur affords many attractions, such as hunting, shooting, 
fishing, sea bathing, boating, salt-water bath houses, tennis, 
bowling, driving over most enchanting mountain roads, beauti- 
ful walks through foliage and forests, sheltered nooks and clear 
mountain streams, pure mountain air, combined with salt 
breezes from the bay, imparting strength, vigor and health. 

Post, Express, Telephone and Telegraph Offices. Twelve 
trains daily each way, and a theater train every night. Forty- 
five minutes' journey from San Francisco — 12% miles. 



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Mr. Richard M. Briare, the proprietor, is well known as a 
competent and successful hotel man, having been, for the last 
five years, manager of the Hotel Pleasanton, San Francisco, and 
his greatest desire is the comfort of his guests, as well as the 
success of Larkspur Inn . Open the year round. Livery Stable, f ally 
equipped, connected with the Inn. Three miles beyond Larkspur 
the train stops at Ross Station, whence stages run to the top of 
Mount Tamalpais, from whose summit most magnificent views 




I^ARKSPUR INN 



of the Pacific Ocean, the Farallone Islands and the San Pablo 
and San Francisco Bays are to be had. From Ross Station the 
train carries the traveler up White's Hill, thence along the 
Lagunitas Creek to Camp Taylor, only two hours from the city. 

It is a favorite place for anglers, especially when trout are 
running. At Camp Taylor there is a comfortable hotel lor vis- 
itors whose rates are moderate, and families desiring privacy 
can be accommodated, witli cottages at a cheap rental. 



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Three miles north of Camp Taylor is Tocaloma. There is 
also a good hotel with comfortable accommodations for visitors 
at reasonable rates. Five miles further north is Point Eeyes 
Station, the home of the fishermen, being the terminal station 
of some of the local trains which are run almost exclusively for 
sportsmen. The road thence skirts along Lagunitas Creek to 
Tomales Bay, where a complete change in the character of the 
country traversed occurs . Passing through the town of 
Tomales. the road enters a tunnel and emerges into the beauti- 




CAMP TAYLOR 



ful undulating region surrounding Valley Ford, Bodega and 
Freestone — a distance of seventy miles from the metropolis. 
Here the track enters the famous redwood forests of the Coast 
Counties of Northern California. This is a wonderful region, 
inviting not only lovers of the seclusion of the forest, but also 
those afflicted with pulmonary affections seeking restoration to 
health. A ten miles' run along the banks of Howard's Creek and 



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Russian Eiver brings the traveler to Duncan's Mills. There 
the new hotel El Bonito, provides good accommodations at reason- 
able prices. Five miles up Austin Creek is Watson's private sum- 
mer hotel, and two miles beyond that the newElim Grove camp- 
ing grounds. Thence it is but a short distance to Cazadero, the 
northern terminus of the road and a great summer resort for the 
dwellers of the cities by the sea. At the Cazadero Hotel and 




Duncan's mii,t.s 



Cottages all the charming attractions of country life may be 
enjoyed, and adjacent to it are many delightful places for camping 
parties, while the presence of an abundance of big game in the 
Guallala River region, forty miles beyond and accessible by 
stage, invite the intrepid hunter. Tlie student of Pacific Coast 
antiquities will find one of the most interesting structures it has 
to offer for inspection at Fort Ross, eleven miles from Cazadero, 



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onrthe sea coast, which represents the first European settlement 
established in California. Here the Russians established a for- 
tified trading post in 1811, one of the octagonal block houses of 
which is still standing. 




CAZADKRO 



"€l Moot?" Hot^l 



The Nearest Popular Seaside Resort 
Outside of San Francisco 

5AUSALITO 

THIRTY minutes' ride on elegant and commodious steamers 
of the North Pacific Coast Railroad brings you to 
Sausalito. 

Hot and cold salt and fresh water baths are in the hotel, as 
well as a ladies' and gentlemen's fine billiard room. A lawn 
tennis court and croquet ground are also connected with the hotel. 
Telephone in the hotel. Cottages for large families. Car- 
riages to and from the boats. 

Send for terms, etc. J. E. SLINKEY, Proprietor 



Spanish Nomenclature, 

^ -¥- ¥ 

Names of Places and Thing^s 

From Indian and Spanish Sources. 

¥ ^ ^ 

Many names which the tourist will hear mentioned in Cali- 
fornia are of Spanish or Indian derivation, and will consequently 
sound unfamiliar. The following is a list of the majority of the 
names in common use, with their meaning and, what is of much 
more value to the uninitiated, their pronunciation. 

Adonde (ah-don-day). Where to. 

Agua Caliente (a/i-gua cal-e-am-tay). Hot water. 

Alameda (ali-lah-ma?/-dah). Lit., a grove of poplars; a shaded walk. 

Alamillo (ah-lah-meeZ-yo). A place of poplars. 

Albuquerque (aM)oo-ker-kay). A family name. 

Alcatraz (aZ-cat-ras). Pelican. 

Algodones (al-go-do-nais). Lit., cottons; cotton lands. 

Aliso (all-ee-so) Alder-hush. 

Almaden (al-mah-daw). A place of mineral deposits. 

Alturas (al ioo-ras). Heights. 

Alvarado (alvar-a/i-da). A launching place for ships. 

ALViso (al-t'e-so). A view. 

Amador (ah-mah-rfor). Lover. 

Arroyo, or Arroyo Seco (ar-ro-yo say-co). A wash made by water; not a 
creek or river, and shallower than a canyon. 

AzusA (ah-soo-sah). A provocation ; annoyance. The word is colloquial. 

Ballona (bal-2/o-nah). If spelled Ballina (bal-^/e-nah), it would mean 
whale. 

Bella Vista (baU-jSi vees-tsih). Pretty view. 

Benicia (ben-ee-shah). Should be Venecia; Venice. 

BERNAL(ber-waO. Proper name. 

1 EPNALiLLO (ber-nal-er-yo\ Little Bernal. 

Buenaventura (b''M;am-ah-vain-ioo-rah). Good fortune; also, a frequent 
proper name. 

Buena Vista (b'wain-ah. vees-tah). Good view. 

Cajon (cah-/ione). Caja, a box; cajon, a big box; Cajon Pass, " box pass." 

Calaveras (cal-ah-t;a7/-ras). Plu. Rattle-pates; mad-caps; didoes. 

Canyon Diablo. Canyon. The Spanish spelling is *' caiion," and pro- 
nounced ca?i-on by persons not accustomed. The Spanish pronuncia- 
tion is c8iii-yone; the American, can-yon. It means the bore of a gun ; 
calibre; a groove; in artillery, the pun itself. As used ordinarily it 
means a ravine with steep sides between hills or mountains, or a deep 
fissure. Canyon Diablo (de-a^-blo), Devil's canyon; canyoncito (see- 
to), little canyon. 

Carmelita (carmel-e-tah). A flower. 

Casa Grande (ca/i-sah ^raw-day). Big house. 

Carrizo (carr-ee so). A reed grass. 

Cerro Gordo (sair-ro gor-do). Thick ridge. 

Cerillos, Los (saireeZ-yose. Plu. Small round hills. 

Ceritos (sair-e-tose). Little ridges. 

Chaves (chah-YSiis). A family name. 

Chico (che-co). Little. 

CiiiNO (che-no). A Chinaman. 

(kENEGA (sc-am-c-ga). A swamp. 

Colorado (co-lo-ra/i-do). Tied. 

Cordero (cor-f7a?/-ro). A lamb. 

CoRONADO {oo-To'-nah-do). A family unme. Lit., " The Crowned. 

Corral (cor-raO. A pen; an ontdoor inclosure. 

CiiCAMONfiA (lcn-cafi-7/io?i-p:a). H this word were spelled with a "j" in the 
place of the "g," the word would mean an uncomplimentary reflec- 
tion on a nun. 

1)]'] Luz (day loos). Lit., of liglit. 

Del Mar (dail-7//ar). Of the sea. 

Dos (3ABEZAS (dose cah-^a// bas). Two heads. 

Dos Palm AS (dose palil-iuiia. Two ])alins. 

Dos Vai.les (dose i;a/-vais). Two valleys. 

El Dorado (ail do-ra/i-do). The golden; in modern use "dorado" means 
gilt, washed. 

Eli Moling (ail mo-Zcc-no). The milL 



EL JNroNTE (ail mon-tLj). 

El Paso (ail pah-so). The pass.— Del Norte (dail nor-te). The pass of the 
North. 

El Rito (all ree-to). The rite; the ceremony. 

Encinitas (ain-say-ne-ta^^ Little oaks. 

EsPERANZA (ais-per-a«-sa). Hope. 

EsTRELLA {Ris-trail-yah). A star. 

Farrallones (fair-al-?/,)-nais). Plu. Small peaked islands rising out of the 
sea, Farol (fah-roZe). A beacon. 

Fresno (frais-no). Ash tree. 

Gallinas (^gal-2/e-nas). Hens. 

Garcia (gar-ce-ah). A family name; equivalent of Smith or Jones, 

Garrote (gar -ro-tay). Instrument for capital punishment. 

Gayanzo (gar-i'a?i-so). A pea; pea vine or bloom. 

Gayilan (gah-Ye-Za70. A hawk. 

Gayiota (gan-Ye-o-tah). A sea-gull. 

Goleta (go-lay-t&h). A schooner. 

Graciosa (grah-se-o7i-sah). Kind. 

Granada (gran-a/i-dah). A pomegranate; renowned; powerful; fruitful. 

Hermosillo (air-mo-see^vo). Little beautv. Hermosa (air-77zo-sah). Beau- 
tiful. 

HoRNiTOs (or-ne-tose.) Little ovens. Horno (o?'-no), an oven. 

Hualapai (ly/ia^a-pah-e). 

Indio (een-de-o). Indian. 

Jicarillo (hic-ah-reeZ-yo). Should be spelled Jacarillo. A braggart, a 
boaster. 

Jimenez (he-maiz-nais). A family name. 

JuRNADA (hor-?ia/i-dah). A journey. Jornada del Muerto (dail J/'uer-to), 
the journey of death. 

Las Animas (lahs a/i-ne-mas). Plu. The souls. 

La Canada (lah eem-yah-d&h). The glen; a vale. 

Las Casitas (lahs cah se-tas^. Plu. The little houses. 

Las Cruces (lalis croo-sais). The crosses. 

Laguna (lah-g-oo-nah). A lake. 

La Joya (la Ao-yah). The jewel. 

La Panza (lah pa?i-sah). The paunch. 

La Puenta (lah-p'ii'az7i-tay). The point of land. 

La Punta (lah poon-tB.h). * The point. 

Las Flores (lahs/o-rais^. The floAvers. 

La Junta (lah hoon-tah). The junction. 

Las Vegas (lahs vay-gas). The meadows. 

Lerdo (lehr-do). Dull; obtuse; thick-headed. 

Linda (leen-dsLK), Pretty. 

LoBOs (Zo-bose). Plu. Wolves. 

Los Alamos (lose a/l^ah-mose). Plu. The poplars. 

Los Angeles (los o?i-hel-ais). Plu. The angels. 

Los CuEROs (lose Qwer-ose). Plu. The hides. 

Los Gatos (lose gah-tose). Plu. The cats. 

Los LoMOs (lose Zo-most). Plu. The hills. 

Los Medanos (lose may-da?i-os). Plu. Sandbanks on tha sea-shore. 

Los Nietos (lose nee-a-tos). Plu. The grandchildren. 

Los RoBLES (lose ro-blais). Plu. The oaks. 

Madera (mah-c?ay-rah). ^Yood in general. 

Madron, madrono (msih -drone). Name of tree. 

Manitou (??za?2-ay-to). Tlie Supreme Power. 

Manuelito (man-wale-e-to). Little Emanuel. 

Manzanito (man-zahn-e-to). Lit. Little apple. A California shrub. 

Mariposa (mah-re-po-sah). Butterfly. 

Mendocino (men-do-se no). Lit. A little liar. 

Merced {mei-said). Mercy. 

Mesa (may-sah). Tableland. 

Mesilla (may-see^yah). Little flat-topped hill. 

Mesquite (mes-'keet). A shrub of the acacia family. 

MiLPiTAS (meel-pee-tas). Lit. A thousand whistles. 

Modesto (mo-dais-to). Modest. 

Monte Diablo (??io?i-taydee-a/i-blo). Devil mountain. 

Montecito (??zon-tay-se-to). Little mountain. 

Monterey (mon-tay-ra?/). King's mountain. 

MoRENA (mo-m.v-na). Bmwn. 

Nacimiento (nah-se-me-am-to). Lit. A birth. 

NoGALES (no-gal-Siis). Plu. Walnut trees. 

Ollita ( ole-2/e-tah ). A little water jar. Sometimes spelled on m.aps 
"Oleta." 

Org Grande (grran-dav). Lit. Big gold. 

Pacheco (pah-c/iaz/-co). A harniless lit. le fellow. j 

Pajaro (pa/i-hah-ro). A bird. ! 

Pala (pa/i-lah). A wooden shovel. 

Pasadena (pas-ah-da2/-nah). Probably a corruption of " Pah-so-dch.-dain," 



89 

Paso E-obles (pah-ao ro-blais). Oak pass. 

Pescadero (pais-G£ih-d8iy-To). A fishing place. 

PiCACHO (pe-ca/i-cho). Peak. 

Pinole (pe-no-lay). Parched corn, ground and mixed with sugar aud water 
as a drink, or used as food. 

PiNON (peen-yone). A nut-bearing pine. 

Placer (play-sair). The place near a stream where free gold is found. 
Pleasure. 

Plumas (p^oo-mas). Feathers. 

Poncho (pone-cho). A cloak like a square or round blanket with a slit in the 
center for the head to pass through. 

PoTRERO (i>o-tray-To). A place for raising colts; stock-farm. 

Presidio (pray-see-de-o). A garrison of soldiers; a penitentiary. 

PUENTE (p'wain-t&y). A point of land. 

Rancho, tlANCHiTA, ctc. Farm buildings. 

Raton (rsih-tone). A mouse. Rata (ra/i-tah) means a rat. 

Rio, Rio Vista, Rio Grande, etc. (re-oh vees-XSLj; gran-d&y). A river, river 
view, big river. 

RosARio (ro-sa/i-re-o). A rosary. 

Sacramento (sah-crah-maw-to). A sacrament. 

Salinas (sal-e-nas). Places of salt. 

San Andreas (and-rais). Saint Andrews. 

San Antonio (an-towe-yo). St. Anthony. 

San Bernardino (ber-nard-e-no^. St. Bernard. 

San Dimas (de-raas). St. Demas. 

San Diego (de-a-go). St. James. 

San Dieguito (de-a-^/e to). Little St. James. 

San Fernando. St. Ferdinand. 

San Gabriel (gab-re-a/0- St. Gabriel. 

San Gorgonio {^cr-gone-yo). St. Gregory. 

San Jacinto (hah-seen-to). St. Jacinth. 

San Jose (ho-say). St. Joseph. 

San Juan (h'wan). St. John. 

San Juan Capistrano (cah-pees-iran-o). St. John the chanter. 

San Joaquin (ii'wah-Areen). St. Joaquin. 

San Marcial (mar-ce-aO- St. Martial. 

San Mateo (mat-a-o). St. Matthew. 

San Miguel (me-gail). St. Michael. 

San Pablo (pah-hlo). St. Paul. 

San Pascual (pahs-gitaO- Holy Easter. 

San Pedro (pay-dro). St. Peter. 

San Rafael (rah-/a/i-ail). St. Raphael. 

San Tomas. St. Thomas. 

Santa Ana; Anita (a/i-nah; an-ne-tah). St. Ann; little St. Ann; pro- 
nounced San^a?iah, Santanetah. 

Santa Barbara. St. Barbara. 

Santa Catalina (cat-ah-Ze-nah). St. Catherine. 

Santa Clara. St. Clara. 

Santa Cruz (croos). Holy Cross. 

Santa Fe (fay). Holy Faith. 

Santa Monica (mon-e-cah). St. Monica. 

Sapinero (sah-pe-?m?/-ro). Sapino, a kind of pine; a grove of such. 

Sausalito (sow-sah-^e-to). A little willow. 

Sepulvida (say-poo^ve-(lah.) 

Sierra Madre (se-a?'a rah mad-ray). Mother Range. 

Sobrante (so-5?^a7^-tay). Ricii; wealthy; surplus; overflow* 

Socorro (so-co-ro). Succor; relief. , 

Soledad (so-lay-darO- Solitude; lonesomeness. 

SoLANA (so-Za/t-na). Sunny place; sunshine. 

Tamalpais (tam-ahl-pa/i-ees). The country of tamales. 

Temecula (tay-mec-oo-lah). 

TiBURON (tee-boo-rone). A shark. 

TiAJUANA(te-a-'M;/ia-na). One word. TiaJuana; Aunt Jane. 

Tim PAS (^eem-pahs). 

Trinidad (tre-ne-darf). The Trinity. 

Tulare (tu-^or-a). A place of rushes. 

Vacaville (va/i-cali). Vaca, a cow, Cowvillc. 

Valle.to {YSil- lay -ho), A little valley. 

Vara (var-ah). Spaiiish yard measure; a wand, n switch. 

Vosemite (yo-,sem-e-tay). Said to mean a large griz/ly bear. 

Vsidora (ee-se-cZo-rah). Isadore; a woman's name. 




THE LIOIM IN LOVE " 

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is tbc B^st 

Received first premium at California State Fair in 1892 and 
at Texas State Fair in 1893. An Kxhibit of this Dip is on 
exhibition in the Agricultviral Building. Flock-masters 
should secure a circular. 

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Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast SAN FRANCISCO 



I I AVE you a Piano ? If not, why not ? Call on us and we 
^1 I will make it possible for you to own one. Vou have an 
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(91) 



CAI^DBRWOOD'S 

RHEUMATISM CURE 

yieasaiit, Positive, rermaiieiit 

Cures Old anci Yoiing: 

Cures Acute an<i Cliroiiic Cases 

It lias been trieil and 

"B^ever found l^atitiug^* 

TJESTIMONIAI.S 

(Note. — We hope that all proposed patrons will communicate with any of the beloir 
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I am 64 years old. Elizabeth S. Blake 

P. S.— My son works for the White Sewing Machine Company in your city 
and he can tell you how much I suffered for so many years. E. S. B. 

Couldn't Comb Her Hair March 2U, 189U 

1019 Sutter Street, San Francisco 
I suffered greatly with rheumatism in my right arm and shoulder, and 
could not raise my arm to dress my hair. I tried several remedies but th* y 
did not help me a particle. A lady told me to try Calderwood's Cure ; I did 
so and soon got well. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. 

Mrs. J. S. Williams 

Threw Away her Crutches March 23, 189k 

"Hollywood," 116 Turk St., San Francisco 
My daughter Fanny, aged eighteen, was sorely afaicted with inflammatory 
rheumatism in her ankles and feet, and was compelled to use crutches for a 
long time. I tried physicians' prescriptions and patent medicines, but she 
got worse and worse, and at last I was induced to try Calderwood's Rheuma- 
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and going to shool. I shall be pleased to answer any communication sent me. 

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Five Dollars for 3 bottles 
Ten " " 6 " 

Twenty « " 12 *^ 

ADDRESS: 

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Flood Building, Market and Fourth Sts. 
San Francisco, Cal. 

(92) 




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COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER 



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Bright Nickel 

Dull Silver 

Old Bronze 

• 

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Patented and Patents Pending 

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Is the leading evening paper of San Francisco, the 
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(99) 



FORMERLY 
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PIKE'S 

Restaurant and 
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OPEN ALL NIGHT 

Meals from 25c upward 

Xo. 15 POWELL ST. 

Ol)]). Baldwin Hotel 



J. M. PIKE, Prop. 



.VO PER CRN TA GE 

PHARMACY 
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first importance. 



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BUTTERWORTH 

STAINED 
GLASS 
WINDOWS 

GLASS BENDING 
ETC. 



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San Francisco, Cal. 
Telephone 3287 






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SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 




This is a Sa tuple of their wo7 k. 

The largest and 

best equipped house 

west of Chicago for 

Half-Tone Work 



The best illustrations in this book were done by this Company. 

(102) 




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SAN FRANCISCO. 



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121 STOCKTON STREET 



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SPECIAL CONTRACTS 



LOUIS ROEDERER CHAMPAGNE 

THREE KINDS, ALL OF EQUAL EXCELLENCE 

O^y t: ^ :]Slei^a ::k ol:>^o» A rich wi i ' e 
Gry^.Jrx<3L ^V^iara. ^eo» A dry wine 

:^r'tji.t:» An exceed ingly dry wine 
THE HIGHEST GRADE IN THE WORLD 

Used by all the T.eadiii^ Clubs, Hotels and Res 
tauraiits, and may be had of all Kirst-classC^rooots 
and Wine Merchants. 

Macondray Bros, k Logkard 

124 SANSOME ST. Solc Agents Pacific Coust 

(103) 





PHOTOGRAPHIC CO. 



121 



Post St. 



Between Kearny and Grant Avenue 
SAN FRANCISCO 



OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER 



California ITlidwinter Iriteriiational Exposition, 1894 

Studio on Central Court, Exposition Grounds 

Ret. th(> Administration and Mechanical Arts Buildings 



The Studio at 121 Post St. is the largest and best equipped Pliot 
graphic Gallery on the American Continent. The 
latest improved appliances for producing the finest 
work by the instantaneous process. 

The only Gallery in the world making the Celebrated luiDTrM 
Photographs (or Photographs in colors), and at 
prices nearly as cheap as the ordinary Photograph. 
The perfection of these pictures is simply marvelous. 
The visitor i3 amply repaid by calling and inspecting 
this beautiful work. Pictures enlarged in crayon 
India ink and water colors at moderate prices. 

HEADQUARTERS PACIFIC COAST VIEWS 



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Morosco's Grarid Opera Hoilse 

' QOO OOCD OOCD OOCD C»C^ C X<D Q>0»O 

Hctnd3ome3t FaiDit^ Tl[)eatre in (JiDerica 
lEver^ Evening 2)uving tbe TKHeeF? /iDorosco's ©rant) StocF? Company 

EVENING PRICES.— Orchestra, reserved, 50 cents; 
Dress Circle, reserved, 25 cents ; Parquet, reserved, 
25 cents ; Family Circle and Gallery, 10 cents. 

MATINEE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 
Matinee prices, loc, 15c, and 25c. 

Seats on Sale from 9 a. m. to 10 p. m. 



ORPHEUM 



O'FARRELL ST. 



Bet. STOCKTON & POWELL 

SAN FRANCISCO'S GREAT MUSIC HALL 

NO PLACE OF ITS KIND ON THE PACIFIC ^^ac-t ^ 

A REFINED VAUDEVILLE ENTERTAINMENT 

$5,000 SPENT IN SALARIES EVERY WEEK 

Come at any time Stay as long as you please 

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Thm Latent ^Ijw^mF^f^'^ 

SPECIAL BRAND IMPORTED FOR » 

Delmonico, New York ; Palace Hotel, Maison Riche, 
Poodle Dog and Maison Tortoni, San Francisco. 

D. P. ROSSI 

Sole Agent for the U. S. 
1400 DUPONT ST. San Francisco, Cal. 



TELEPHONE 3112 



CASCADE LAUNDRY 

SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE OAKLAND OFFICE 

2 GOLDEN GATE AVENUE Cor. SECOND and HARRISON STS 

Near Junction of Market St. TEL. 534 



Goods Delivered in Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda 

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Photogravure from Original Painting by Casimik Alchimowicz. ReceiTed 
Gold Medals in Paris, Berlin and St. Petersburg 

Milda, the Goddess of Love, fell in love with a Fisherman, and for her 
punishment the God Perkun (thunder) killed him through lightning, and 
destroyed the Amber Palace in the depths of the Baltic Sea. 



DRINK 



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CLUB 



MOOHA'JAVA 
BLENDED 



COFFEE 



AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE 

FLAVOR, UNIFORM QUALITY, STRENGTH 

ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTE 
INSIST ON THIS BRAND 

Packed only in 1, 2)4 and 5 Pound Cans-NEVER IN BULK! 
Sold by all the Leading Grocers at 40 Gents per Pound ! 

(106) 



JAflES B. DUQQAN 

SUCCESSOR TO 

BULLOGK A JONES' 

FURNISHING GOODS DEPARTMENT 



IMPORTER OF 

KINE KURNISHINO GOODS 

• «>^-^«^»^ oo -^ ^< »' • 

SPECIALTY 

Shirts, Underwear and Scarfs to Order 

• ^ >^ '^ 00 ^s— §-<• • 

119 NIONTGONIERY ST. 
San Francisco 

C. W. R. FORD & CO., 522 riarket St., San Francisco 






li© Ri,pp©«i, Ste>a,nii.9 




% y AQC) MONTGOMeRY ST. 
^Z2Z/ ^^-^ Cor. Sacramento 



S/\/v Francisco. Cal. 

DEALER IN 



, , , , MICROSCOPES 

Instruments Complete 



from AND 

$2.50 to $1,000.00 



Microscopical Supplies 

( 107 ) 



FOR THE BEST VALUE IN HATS GO TO 




THE 
, HATTERS 



328 KKARNY ST. 



BET. BUSH AND PINE STS. 



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RETAIL STORE ON THE COAST 




ON SUTRO HEIGHTS 



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Row Boats, Sail Boats, Yachts. Launches and Tugs for hire at {| 

all hours, suitable for any party, large or small. " 




THE I.AUXCH ^'bELA'EDERE'' 

Captain John C. Parker, P. O. address, 423 East St., San 
I'rancisco. This launch is 15 tons register and will accommodate 
40 people and has made over 500 trips, covering thousands of 
miles, without a sifizle breakdomi or accident to a passenger. Price 
per day, I25.00. Has a glass cabin, toilet, etc. Made the ocean 
voyage to Santa Cruz in 10 hours. 

Call on or address Agents : 

Cap. J. C. Parker, Washington St. Wharf. 
G. W. KXEASS, Boat-builder, 718 Third St. 
H. A. Browx, 63S Market St. 

DR. LORYEA'S 

4{ammam"1Baths 

For l^adies and (lenttemen 

212 Po^t street 



Bet. Gra7it Avenue and StocktoJi 



San F7'andsco 



The Finest Turkish, Russian, Electric and Medi- 
cated Baths in this City. 



SINGLE BATHS, $1 .00 



SIX TICKETS FOR $5.00 



Open for gentlemen, day and night, Sundays in- 
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Newly renovated throughout. Bath including room, 
all night, for gentlemen, ^'1.00. 



0. F. WILLEY & CO. 



DEALERS IN 



Fine Carriages, Harness, Etc. 

317 MONTGOMERY ST, Nevada Block 




"THE SPIDER 

THIS old and well established firm commenced 
business in 1855 ^^^ has continued ever since to 
enjoy the patronage of those using the best 
vehicles. Acting as sole agents for the following 
celebrated makers of Carriages. 

AGENCY FOR 

Brewster & Co., New York ( Of Broome Street) 
Henry Hooker & Co., New Haven, Conn. 

H. H. Babcock Co., Watertown, N. Y. 

C. S. Cafp'Rey Co., Camden, N. J. 

Million Guiet & Cie., Paris, France 
Ohio BuciGv Co., Columhus, Ohio 
New Haven Carriage Co., New Haven. Conn. 

who guarantee their work first class in every respect. Thov 
alvSo keep a lower grade of Carriages, etc., such as other 
dealers sell, and are prepared to supply such, at the lowest 
prices and on the best terms. 

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YOU 

CAN 

GET 

IT 



—if it's anything for the 
garden— from the 

SUNSET 
SEED AND PLANT CO. 

CsHERWOOD HAtt NURSERY CO.) 

427-9 Sansome St. 

SAN FRANCISCO 

Seed Farm and Nurseries : Menlo Park 



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ADMINISTRATION BUII.DING 




^: MANUFACTURES AND I^IBKRAI, ARTS BUILDING 



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California Midwinter 

International Exposition 

• • * 

Officers — 

President and Director General - - M. H. de^ Young 

Vice-President Irwin C. Stump 

Asst. Director Gen. Foreign Dept. ViCOMTE R. CorneIvY 
Treasurer - ~ - - - - P. N. Lii^iEnthai, 
Kxecutive Secretary . - . Ai^exander Badi^am 

Executive Committee-- 

President - - - - - M. H. de Young 

Vice-President _ _ - - Irwin C. Stump 

Treasurer - - - - - P. N. Lii^ienthai, 

A. Andrews, San Francisco ; P'^ulton G. Berry, Fresno ; 
Bugene J. Gregory, Sacramento; Jacob H. Neff. Colfax; 
R. B. Mitchell, San Francisco; J. S. Slauson, Los Angeles. 

Finance Committee — 

Chairman - - _ . _ w. H. L. Barnes 

Secretary _ . _ _ - Jui^iUS Kahn 

Financial Managers 

Frank S. Johnson; Louis Sloss, Jr. 

Private Secretary to Director-General 

Charles G. Taylor 
Medical Director 

Dr. Martin Regensberger 
Director of Color 

Charles Graham 

Foreign Department 

Vicomte R^ne de Comely, Chief; W. St. Paul Seitz, Secretary 

Department of Publicity and Promotion 

Frank H. Truesdell, Chief; N. C. Wheeler, Secretary 

Official Stenographer" 

Charles Freeman Johnson 

Department of Manufactures 

Frank McCoppin, Chief ; H. P. Greeue, Assistant 

Department of Fine Arts 

John A. Stanton, Chief ; John Martin, Assistant 

Department of Mechanical Arts 

Lieut. A. M, Hunt, (^hief ; L. Booth, C. R. McVeigh, K. C.;Mier, Ass'ts 

Department of Concessions 

Paul Blackmer. Chief; Wm. K. Cash, Assistant 

Department of Agriculture and Horticulture 

Professor l^hnory K. Smith, (Uiief ; Geo. C. Higgins, Assistant; \V. H. 
Murray, Commissioner 

Department of Viticulture 
F. II. Ilaber, Cliief 

Department of Admissions 

E. A. Felder, Cliief; W.S. O'Jirlrn, Chief Clerk; Chas. Malony, C^asliier 
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116 ALL ABOUT THE MIDWINTER FAIR 

Department of ^ntertaininents 

W. St. Paul Seitz, Chief 

Department of Finance 

J. J. Hassell, Cashier and Chief Accountant; E. A. O'Connor, Assist- 
ant Cashier; J. Leidenberg, Accountant; John Haesch, Purchas- 
ing Agent: Frank Storer, Storekeeper 

l^lectrical Engineer 

Lient. W. F. C. Hasson, Chief; S. M. Sprout, G. M. Mevnist, Assistants 
Engineer of Grounds 

M. M. O'Shaughnessy 

Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings 

James McNab, L. K. Hagenkamp, Assistant 
Trafac Manager 

W. H. Daly, L. D. Moroney, Assistant 
l^xposition Guard 

Colonel W. R. Shafter, Commandant; Captain F. L. Carrington, Lieu- 
tenant-Commander; G. B. Baldwin, Captain of the Guard 

Headquarters U. S. Customs 

Walter A. Donaldson, Deputy Collector in Charge, Administration 

Building, Room 19 
Engineer of Construction— John D. Isaacs 
Sanitary Engineer— George F. Duffy 

Officers of the Athletic Sports 

Wm. Greer Harrison, Pres. ; Dr. Max Magnus, Vice-Pres. ; Archie 
Mackillop, Sec; W. H. P. Seitz, Treas.; Executive Committee- 
Col. T. P. Robinson, Geo. P. Wetmore, R. C. O'Connor, John Elliott, 
John Purcell, T. J. L. McCormac, Lieut. Winn, Col. Edwards, 
Leon E. Prescott 

Exposition opened informally January i, 1894. 

Dedicatory Exercises and permanent opening, January 27, 1894. 

Exposition closes June 30, 1894. 

Time of Opening* and Closing* — 

The Fair Grounds are open from 8 A. M. until 10 P. M., but 
the closing of the Grounds is frequently extended beyond the 
latter hour. 

California County Commissioners' Club — 

The following gentlemen constitute the officers of the Cali- 
fornia County Commissioners' Club, an organization created for 
mutual assistance during the Fair season : 

President, Hosmer P. McKoon, San Diego ; First Vice-Presi- 
dent, F. H. Buck, Solano; Second Vice-President, H. A. Green, 
Monterey; Secretary, Mrs. Otto Heiss, San Benito; Treasurer, 
F. A. Foster, Ventura. 

Reduction in Admission to Fair Grounds — 

On the loth of May, the Executive Committee of the Mid- 
winter Exposition decided to make the following reduction in the 
price of admission to the Fair Grounds : 

From 8 A. M. until 5 P. M., week days .. . 50c. 

After 5 P.M., week days 25c. 

Sundays 25c. 



THE niDWINTER FAIR: 

In the I^and of Flowers and Sunshine. 

History of the Exposition — 

The conception of the holding of an International Exposi- 
tion in the middle of the winter season in any part of the 
temperate zone, was a bold one. The credit for it belongs 
unchallenged to M. H. de Young, proprietor of the San Francisco 
Chronicle^ while a Director of the Columbian Exposition at 
Chicago ; and its crystalization from a mere suggestion to a 
reality and from a nebulous condition to a tangible creation of 
life and order and substance has been due largely to his energy 
and untiring zeal, ably aided by a corps of co-workers, embraced 
in the Executive Committee, and a skillful staff of assistants to 
superintend the details of the various departments. Mr. de 
Young was very properly chosen the President and Director- 
General of the Exposition. There is no other part of the 
country, except California, where such an undertaking could 
have been attempted. The enterprise was broached on the ist 
of June, and the visitor to the Midwinter Fair looks upon what 
has been planned, developed and executed in the short period of 
seven months. The site was not chosen until July loth, and 
grading began August 29th. The first contracts for the Exposi- 
tion buildings were awarded September 19th, and the beautiful 
city now by the Sunset sea has sprung into being in less time 
than three months out of the shapeless wilderness. The spirit 
that added the brightest star to the national galaxy, that opened 
the treasure vaults of nature to tide over the nation's needs in 
the hour of its direst extremity, and that furnished the courage 
and the ability to girdle the continent with an iron band over the 
Sierras and the Rockies and across the waterless deserts, is still 
living and California is its abode. 

The Exposition Grounds — 

The grounds occupied by the Exposition cover an area of 
160 acres, lying between the north and south drives, and on 
either side of which stands the lUiifalo Paddock, the Children's 
Playground, the Aviary and vStrawberry Hill. The main build- 
ings form a quadrangle. On the east side stands the INIanufao- 

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tures and Liberal Arts Building, of oriental design, 450 by 200 
feet, built of wood, iron and glass, and covered externally with 
ornamental staff. Fronting it, on the west end of the quad- 
rangle, is the handsome Administration Building, 60 by 40 
feet, and having a dome 100 feet high, which is also constructed 



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of similar materials. On the south side of the quadrangle stands 
the Mechanical Arts Building, a structure of somewhat similar 
architectural type to the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Buildinj^. 
but much more ornate externally. It is 340 feet long by 160 fcei 



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wide, and has an annex 240 by 70 feet. On the opposite side is a 
building, 300 feet long by 125 feet wide, of an entirely different 
architectural design and strongly suggestive of the old California 
Missions, which have, no doubt, been the source of its inspiration. 
This structure is the Agricultural and Horticultural Building, and 
contains exhibits of those products which have made California 
famous during the past two decades. It is undoubtedly the 
building whose contents will get the earliest and longest attention 
from the Kastern visitor, for in those contents may be said to be 
embodied the wonderful story of the fertility of California's soil 
and the rare quality of its incomparable climate. Here it is that 
practical expression is given, which the mind of the most incred- 
ulous must accept, to California's claim of being a land of 
perennial sunshine, flowing with milk and honey and oil, laden 
with the rich spoils of the harvest and the vintage and the blush- 
ing fruits of the orchard, and gaily adorned with the fragrant and 
beautiful vari-colored draperies of heath, meadow, hill and gar- 
den. Adjoining the Agricultural and Horticultural Building, on , 
the north side, and completing the quadrangle, is the Fine Arts 
Building. This structure covers an area of 120 by 60 feet and is 
the only permanent building in the group. It will remain after 
the Exposition's days are ended. It is Egyptian in design, and a 
pair of Sphinxes occupy pedestals in front of the main entrance. 
It is severely plain in architectural style, but the very severity 
of its lines makes it one of the most attractive if not one of the 
most artistic buildings on the grounds. It is constructed of brick 
and iron. All light is secured by skylights. The ground floor 
has a central rotunda, the rest being divided into connecting 
exhibition rooms. There is a wide exhibition corridor the entire 
length of the building, and a gallery eighteen feet wide. 

Space Awarded Foreigrn Exhibitors- 
Foreign nations have been awarded the subjoined number of 
square feet in these buildings for the display of their revSpectivc 
exhibits : 

Austro-Hungary 0,000 

Belgium 500 

Canada i ,000 

Ceylon 2,000 

France 5, 000 

Germany 6,000 

Great Britain and Ivast Indies 6,och> 

Italy S,ooo 

Japan 3, 000 

Oriental Concessions 2,cxk) 

Russia 2 j,ocH) 

Spain Soo 

Switzerland 2,(KX) 




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A Great Achievement — 

The construction of this attractive group of exposition build- 
ings within the brief period of five months was a most wonderful 
achievement, but it very aptly illustrated California energy and 




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THK SHOVKlv WHICH TURNED THK FIRST SOD 

enterprise. The first sod on the site selected for the exposition on 
the wild and undeveloped part of the Park reservation was only 
turned on the 24th of August. Few people thought then that the 
enterprise of which they were witnesses would ever mature, but 




AGRICUIvTURAIv AND HORTlCUI.TURAIv BUHvDING 



it was pushed forward with such unflagging energy that, notwith- 
standing hindrances and delays growing out of inclement weather, 
the opening ceremonies took place January 27, 1894, Governor 



122 ALL ABOUT THE MIDWINTER FAIR 

H. H. Markham and other State dignitaries, and an immense 
concourse of people being present. The group thus described 
constitutes, however, only the official buildings. An immense 
number of other structures, representing almost all nations, and 
a variety of subordinate attractions, have been erected outside the 
quadrangle formed by the main buildings, making a unique city 
full of surprises to the visitor. The shovel which turned the first 
sod for the founding of this city has been reproduced in miniature 
as a Fair Souvenir. 

The history of the shovel is briefly this : When the project of 
the Midwinter Fair had successfully sur\T.ved the troubles of its 
early days and its existence became assured it was then that Mrs. 
Wheelock, a resident of San Francisco, had the happy thought 
that the shovel which broke the ground for the beginning of the 
great work should not be of common steel but of silver. Accord- 
ingly she had a shovel made, the blade being of silver appropri- 
ately engraved and the handle of California redwood, and this 
she presented to the Director-General, and wnth it was turned the 
lirst shovelful of earth for the Midwinter Exposition, in the pres- 
ence of the greatest concourse of people ever gathered together 
in California. 

In turning the first sand this shovel was the silver key that 
unlocked California's mighty storehouse and opened it to the 
world on that historic day. 

Inside the Quadrang-le — 

Inside the quadrangle the grounds have been elaborately laid 
out and planted wdth palms and other semi-tropical plants, in 
evidence of the semi-tropical nature of the climate with which 
the northern as well as the southern part of the State is favored, 
and that these latitudes are virtually exempt from the dominion 
of King Frost. 

The Electric Tower— 

The Electric Tower stands in the middle of the Central 
Court. The summit overlooks the Fair Grounds, and is reached 
by an elevator. Passengers to the top are charged 25 cents. The 
ride is one of the memorable incidents attending a visit to the 
Fair. 

Outside the Quadrang-le — 

Outside the group of exhibition buildings proper, constituting 
the quadrangle, are the various concessions made to private 
exhibitors and to foreign nations, and the various counties of the 
State. 




KUGKNE J. GREGORY 




J. II. Nl<:i<F 



Members of the Executive Committee 



124 ALL AB^'UT THE MLD^LXTER FaLR 

Santa Barbara County Buildins: — 

Santa Barbara County has erected one of the most unique 
buildings on the ground, it being shaped like a pyramid. In the 
interior, one of the principal exhibits is olives, for which product 
the county has been for many years noted. It is in Santa Bar- 
bara County that the famous olive groves of Elwood Cooper are 
located. The County Seat — Santa Barbara — which is situated on 
the sea coast, has been one of the most popular watering places 
on the California coast for over thirty years past, and of late 
years the fame of its annual floral festival has gone far and wide. 
This flower festival extends over a period of three days, and con- 
sists c I a noral exhibition, a flower battle ir the public streets in 
which hundreds participate, a floral procession containing floats, 
carriages, carts and equipages of all descriptions, all handsomely 
decorated with flowers, and a dance of the flowers, one of the 
most fairy-like entertainments imaginable, closing the festival. 
This year the festival was held April 25th, 26th and 27th. The 
festival was conducted under the auspices of the Flower Festival 
Association, of which Richard Hall is President and Walter Lord 
is Secretary. The Santa Barbara Building at the Fair is located 
west of the Agricultural Building. 

Kern County— 

Kern County, which lies at the southern extremity of the 
great central basin of the State, makes a good showing at the Fair, 
having on exhibition specimens of the following orchard and 
farm products : Apples, almonds, grapes, olives, peaches, plums, 
pomegranates, peanuts, quinces, raisins, figs, raspberries, apri- 
cots, nectarines, lemons, oranges, pears, prunes, persimmons, 
dried peaches, walnuts, cherries, blackberries, strawberries, 
alfalfa, beets, cauliflower, onions, sweet potatoes, peppers, ruta- 
bagas, squashes, honey, alfalfa seed, beans, castor beans, celery, 
potatoes, pumpkins, rhubard, radishes, turnips, ramie, barley, 
Indian com, millet, sorghum, Egyptian com, cornstalks, oats, 
wheat ; and the following minerals : Gold, antimony, nickel, 
copper, petroleum, lead, sulphur, lime, granite, iron, salt, silver, 
asphalt, kaolin, gypsum, borax, sandstone. That part of Kern 
County lying on the floor of the valley is known as the delta, 
because of the large number of canals running through it and 
tised for irrigation . 

San Luis Obispo County- 
San I/iiis Obispo County makes a good display of its agricul- 
tural products in the Agricultural Building, comprising a large 
variety of vegetable productions, some of them of mammoth pro- 
portions. 




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A IvlCX AN J ) ICR RA DL A M 



Members of the Executive Committee 



126 ALL ABOUT THE MIDWLNTER FAIR 




F. S. JOHNSON 

Member of the Executive Committee 

Tulare County— 

The Porterville orange exhibit in the Agricultural Building 
is convincing evidence to the beholder of the semi-tropical char- 
acter of Tulare County. This exhibit commands attention 
because it is displayed in a large working model of the Ferris 
wheel. 

Fresno County- 
Fresno County exhibits her products in a duplicate of her 
own County courthouse, which has been erected under the glass 
dome of the Agricultural Building. 

King's County— 

Kings County is one of the new counties made by the last 
legislature. Its exhibit of raisins, nuts and fruits is remarkably 
attractive. The exhitit is artistically^ displayed in the south end 
of the Agricultural Building. 

San^a Cruz — 

Santa Cruz has a fine display of the woods hewn from its own 
forests, and the fruits and other products grown in its rich soil. 
It adjoins the Kings County exhibit. 



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127 



The Humboldt County Building*-- 

The Humboldt County Building is located in the rear of the 
Agricultural and Horticultural Building, and is constructed 
entirely of redwood, which is one of the chief products of the 
county. 




HUMBOLDT COUNTY HUI 1,1)1 X(; 



Santa Clara County Buililiiig- — 

Santa Clara County has a building adjacent to the Chinese 
Theatre. It contains a splendid exhibit of fruits. Among them 
is a very attractive statne of a mounted knight in full armor, 
horse, man and accoutrements being constructed entirely of 
prunes and dried peaches. There is also an excellent display of 
wines. 



128 ALL ABOUT THE MIDWINTER FAIR 

Northern California Building- 
Contains exhibits from Sacramento, Placer, Butte, Solano, 
Colusa, Napa, Yuba, Siskiyou and Shasta Counties. Each county 
occupies in the building the space named in the following : 
Yuba, 950 square feet ; Napa, 1400 feet ; Solano, 1400 feet ; 
Sacramento, 1400 feet ; Placer, 900 feet; Butte, 900 feet ; Colusa, 
900 feet ; Shasta, 250 feet ; Siskiyou, 250 feet. This building 
covers 180 by 132 feet, and stands west of Administration Building. 

Southern California Building^ — 

It covers 140 feet by 125 feet. Seven counties represented, 
namely : Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, Riverside, San 
Bernardino, Ventura, San Luis Obispo. 

Alameda County Building- — 

Alameda County Building is located on the south side of the 
south drive, the Midway Plaisance of the Midwinter Fair, nearly 
in the rear of the Administration Building. It covers an area 
100 X 75 feet and contains a very excellent exhibit of the products 
of the County, comprising fruits of all kinds, wines from the 
famous vineyards of Livermore Valley, specimen work from the 
various educational institutions in the County, and a variety of 
other agricultural and manufactured articles. 

San Joaquin County Builrling — 

The building erected by San Joaquin County is in the shape 
of a Greek cross and is situated on the north side of the Midway, 
a little west of the Administration Building. It covers an area of 
140 by 100 feet and is surmounted by a lofty dome from which a 
very fine bird's-eye view of the Fair Grounds is obtainable. Most 
of the exhibits in the building embrace agricultural implements 
manufactured at Stockton, the County seat. 

Monterey County Building" — 

Monterey County Building adjoins the Oriental Village on 
the north side thereof. It is built in imitation of a Mexican 
adobe structure, such as may be seen to-day in the first State capi- 
tal of California. This adobe building is covered with tiles that 
once covered the outbuildings attached to San Carlos Mission at 
Carmel Bay. These tiles were lent to the County Commissioners 
by the present custodians of the Mission, and after the Fair will 
be returned to them. 

Festival Hall- 
West end of grounds. Building 141 by 133 feet; height, 72 feet. 




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130 ALL ABOUT THE MIDWINTER FAIR 



SAN riATEO : 



A Conntv of Varied Attractions — 

Crossing the crest of the low range of hills forming the south- 
ern boundary of San Francisco, the tourist drops into San 
Mateo County, one of the most interesting and attractive sec- 
tions of the central part of the State, adjacent to the seaboard, 
as well as one of varied resources. The county embraces, in 
fact, the base of the peninsula on the apex of which San Fran- 
cisco is situated, extending from the shore of San Francisco Bay 
to the ocean beach, and embracing the varied topography 
represented in a level plain, rolling foothills and the steep 
declivities of high peaks of a Sierran range. The highest eleva- 
tion is in the Sierra Moreno, and it is 2,500 feet above the sea 
level. This range traverses the entire length of the county 
from north to south, and most of the land under cultivation lies 
in the foothills at its base and in the small valleys and in the level 
strip fringing the bay and ocean shore line on either side. The 
soil is exceedingly fertile. The low level land and the soil in all 
of the small valleys on either side of the range consists of a deep 
layer of black loam resting on a bed of clay. It is splendidly 
adapted for the production of cereals, fruit and garden truck. As 
a matter of fact, most of the garden truck supplied the San 
Francisco markets is produced in San Mateo County. 

Towns and Cities- 
Leaving the spur of low hills separating San Mateo County 
from San Francisco, we emerge into a level plain skirting the bay 
shore, not much over a mile in breadth at its northern end, but 
broadening out to about six miles as we proceed southward to 
the boundary line of Santa Clara County. Most of this section 
is a natural park of great beauty, being charmingly studded 
with native oaks. This attractive characteristic makes it very 
popular for the country seats of the wealthier classes in the 
metropolis, and on every hand throughout this section beautiful 
dwellings, surrounded by well-kept grounds, may be seen. It is 
not thickly settled and there are but few towns and settlements. 
Adjacent to the bay shore are the towns of San Bruno, Belmont, 
San Mateo, Menlo Park and Eedwood City, the latter being 
the county seat. Adjacent to the ocean, on the western 
side of the county, stand Halfmoon Bay, Purissimo, San 
Gregorio and Pescadero. Redwood City has considerable com- 
merce, chiefly brick and lumber, the latter being obtained in the 



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redwood forests in the adjacent range. The ocean-side settle- 
ments also enjoy considerable commerce, consisting chiefly in 



the shipment of farm, dairy 
neighboring territory. 



and garden produce from the 



A Great Dairy County- 
San Mateo is, however, a great dairy county. A large part 
of San Francisco's milk supply is drawn from the big dairies at 
and adjacent to San Bruno, Milbrae and Menlo Park. The ranges 
have an abundant growth of nutritious native grasses on which 
cattle thrive and which furnish splendid pasturage the year 




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round. It is computed that at least two thousand persons are 
employed in the dairy business of San Mateo County, and that 
in round numbers ten thousand milch cows are attached to the 
dairies, while over $1,000,000 is invested in the industry. 

Some of these dairies contain the finest blood horned stock 
in the world. Most of the dairies adjacent to the sea coast have 
established creameries for the manufacture of butter, and 
cheese-making is one of the chief industries, the product being 
shipped all over the State and abroad to Oriental ports and the 
islands of the sea. Large creameries are established in llalfnioon 
Bay, Pescadero and San Gregorio, the latter being the largest in 
the United States. 



132 ALL ABOUT THE MIDWINTER FAIR 

Other Industries — 

An immense trade in floriculture is carried on in this county. 
The greater part of the flower supply for San Francisco comes 
from the Menlo Park gardens, and their products are now finding a 
market in almost all parts of the civilized world. Tanning is, also, 
an important industry. Tne manufacture of shingles for roofing 
is also extensively conducted. Whale-fishing is prosecuted suc- 
cessfully on the ocean side, and along the bay shore the oyster 
beds supply the San Francisco, Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley 
markets. Over $50,000 is invested in tanning and about three 
hundred men are regularly employed in them. Large abbattoirs 
are located at Baden, in the northeast corner of the county which 
supply a large part of the meat consumed in the metropolis in 
addition to the immense quantities packed for shipment abroad. 



Fruit Growing — 

The foothills and slopes of the high range forming the back- 
bone of San Mateo County have a light rich soil peculiarly favor- 
able for fruit culture. It has made wonderful strides in this 
industry in late years. Table grapes of superb quality are pro- 
duced in its vineyards as well as wdnes of the highest grade. 
Figs, olives, prunes, apricots, plums, peaches and other stone 
fruits, apples and pears — all the standard orchard products of the 
temperate and semi-tropical climate are grown in the highest 
state of perfection. Some experiments have been made in citrus 
culture, but with only moderate success because of the proximity 
of the ocean. Fruit growing has been found to be very profit- 
able. In a mixed orchard of twenty-two acres, an average yield 
of $264.82 per acre has been obtained, the details of the 
experiment being thus given : 

625 Bulgarian prune trees, 73,131 pounds, at 1^^ e ?1.279.83 

395 French prune trees, 31,509 pounds, at 2c 690.19 

301 Silver prune trees, 28,082 pounds, at 2>^c 702 . 65 

847 Apricots trees, 101,257 pounds, at 2c 2,025.14 

99 Goes plum trees, 10.317 pounds, at 2c 506.94 

Two acres Japanese plum trees, 8,663 pounds, at 2>^c 216.67 

Total $5,811.82 

Another orchard situated three miles from Eedwood City 
comprising one hundred acres, sixty acres in apricots and forty 
in prunes, and containing one hundred trees to the acre, yielded 
in its fourth year from the planting $2 per tree, the gross pro- 
duct of that year's crop thus amounting to $20,000. 



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Wine-MakiDg- and Truck-Farming-— 

Wine-making is an established industry, although limited 
in extent compared with some othercounties where it is a specialty. 
But several thousand barrels of high-class clarets, Zinfandel and 
Burgundy, Reisling, and other dry wines, and lesser qauntities 
of sweet wines, are produced every year. In quality the product 
is unexcelled on the Coast, and wine-makers are unanimous in 
the declaration that the county is one of the best for the produc- 
tion of high-class wines. The soil of the hillsides seems especially 
adapted to wine grapes in their perfection, and many of the vine- 
yards are now occupying lands that were once considered almost 




SAN MATEO COUNTY BUIIyDING — INTERIOR 



useless for anything but grazing. All cereals useful to mankind 
of course, are grown abundantly in the valleys, while barley, oats 
and wheat raising is a sure and safe occupation from bay to 
mountain top. On the west side of the Sierra Moreno the soil in 
the little valleys is a rich vegetable mold, the accumulation of 
ages, producing in great quantity all kinds of garden vegetables 
and tubers as well ; but the standard crop is beans, and nowhere 
on earth do beans grow to greater perfection or profit. In the north 
end of the county, cabbage takes the ])lace of the bean of the 
Coast side. Here tlie track gardener occupies the land. The 
nearness of San Francisco enables him to easily and cheaply 
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134 ALL ABOUT THE MIDWLNTER FAIR 

raise. The rich soil and the mild and moist winter climate 
produces an early and fine-grained variety of cabbage not 
obtainable elsewhere^ and an enormous and profitable trade in 
this vegetable has been developed with Northern and Eastern 
States. 

Along the bay side of the county truck-farming is just begin- 
ning to be established. The low, moist and rich lands skirting 
the bay and the warm winter season render this section peculiarly 
adapted to the early production of green peas, asparagus, new 
potatoes, egg plant, tomatoes, and numberless other kinds of 
choice and tender vegetables that are only obtainable as early in 
the East from hot-houses. The garden track of the Middle and 
Eastern States, that is marketable in May and June, is plentiful 
here in March and April. Chicago and New York are supplied 
with these early garden products by this county. 

Climate and Scenery — 

Of course, a section with such diversified agricultural pro- 
ducts, must possess a specially mild climate, conducive to health- 
fulness and comfort. The meteorological records of the county 
show an average summer temperature of 72 deg. Fahr. The 
nights are pleasantly cool, but at no season of the year are they 
cold. Malaria is a disease practically unknown in the county. 
In the foothills, a little higher temperature prevails during the 
summer season, the average being about 85 deg. Fahr. 

But the ocean breezes are always bracing and invigorating. 
Nearer the Coast the temperature is, of course, cooler. But ice 
and frost are rarely known in any part of the county. The low- 
est temperature in the valleys during winter is seldom below 30 
degrees Fahrenheit. The genial character of the climate gener- 
ally is better illustrated, however, in the fact that tender peren- 
nials survive in forest and garden the year round. Calla lillies 
and pansies, geraniums, heliotrope and other tender plants 
which would not survive in an ordinarily temperate climate 
through the winter season, here flourish and flower the year 
round, uninjured by frost. It is this geniality of climate, in 
addition to its natural topographical and arborial beauties, which 
has made the county so attractive for the suburban residence of 
the rich, and so seductive as a summer resort to the dwellers in 
cities. 

Summer Resorts — 

The town of San Mateo, which is situated about twenty miles 
from San Francisco, with which it is connected by eighteen trains 
daily, is popular as a place of summer residence for many San 
Francisco business men, for the reason that it is less than an 



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hour^s ride by rail from the city. Hotel Mateo, which is located 
there, is one of the most popular family resorts in the State on 
account of its convenience to the city, its delightful surround- 
ings, the good accommodations it furnishes guests, and the genial 
character of the climate. Attached to the hotel are cottages for 
guests preferring such accommodations. At Coyote Point, on 
the bay shore, one and one-half miles from the hotel, is a fine, 
clean, sandy beach, where the guests can enjoy good salt-water 
bathing, fishing, boating and clam-digging. And excursions are 
made up to Pescadero, Pebble Beach, La Honda and San Gregorio, 
Menlo Park, Stanford University and the Palo Alto Stock Farms. 
J. V. Knights, the manager, is very attentive to the wants and 
comfort of his guests, and hotel and cottages are kept open by 
him summer and winter. 




For Pleasure-seekers and Sig^ht- seers— 

The County offers rare inducements to the pleasure-seeker, 
the sight-seer and the sportsman. The wooded slopes of the 
Coast Range are stocked with game in abundance. The best of 
trout fishing is to be had in the great artificial lakes of the Spring 
Valley Water Works, the storage reservoirs for the supply of San 
Francisco, and in the streams flowing to the sea. To fish in the 
lakes a permit must be obtained from the otfice of the corpora- 
tion, but no restrictions are placed on fishing in the trout streams 
which furrow the range on the western slopes, excepting such as 
are imposed by the fish laws. 

Few sections of the State have such attractive drives as those 
existing in the eastern part of San Mateo County, between the 
county lines of San Francisco and Santa Clara. After crossing 
the San Bruno Range, good roads prevail, and a day's outin<j of 



136 ALL ABOUT THE MIDWINTER FAIR 

rare enjoyraent is in store for anyone seeking it. These roads 
lead by some of the finest residences, with the best laid grounds 
in any part of the State. At Menlo Park, on the southern bound- 
ary line, the Leland Stanford, Jr., University is a great attrac- 
tion, the buildings being erected of native yellow sandstone 
and red tiled roofs, alter the style of architecture adopted by the 
Franciscan padres in the construction of the old mission churches. 
Among the magnificent country residences which may be seen in 
this drive between San Bruno and Menlo Park are the palatial 
structures erected by W. 0. Ealston, James 0. Flood, Mark 
Hopkins and Leland Stanford, all of whom are now dead. Then 
again, the great engineering works executed by the Spring Val- 
ley Water Works in the construction of its storage reservoirs at 
San Andreas and Crystal Springs, are attractions of considerable 
interest. The roads leading across the range westward pass by 
Pilarcitos Lake and through the famous redwoods, furnishing 
splendid vistas of forest and field, of bay and valleys, and moun- 
tains and plain, and, after reaching the summit, of the ocean. On 
the ocean shore there are many places of great interest accessible 
to the tourist. 



Pescadero— 

Pescadero is a popular resort for many city people. Coaches 
meet the 8 :15 a. m. train leaving San Francisco daily, taking pas- 
sengers across the range to Pescadero. At the latter place, a 
good place to put up at is the S wanton House, which is one of 
tbe most popular hotels in San Mateo County. It is provided 
like other popular family retreats with comfortable cottages, 
and surrounded by beautiful grounds, making it a very attractive 
place for a summer outing. Fishing and hunting is good in the 
vicinity, and boating and sea bathing can be enjoyed there to 
one heart's content. Mrs. S. W. S wanton furnishes the best of 
accommodations to families and parties on reasonable terms. 

Pescadero Hotel, under the management of JohnMcCormick, 
is also a very popular hotel with the traveling public. 

There are quite a number of places in the vicinity of Pesca- 
dero which are interesting to visitors. Pebble Beach is very 
attractive, for the reason that opals and other precious stones 
have been found there. Agate Beach, Singing Beach, Moss 
Beach, Saints' Kest, Kedwood Forest, Butano Falls, Kowing 
Camp, Gagos and Pescadero Creeks have their attractions which 
make them specially popular. A fine collection of pebbles ob- 
tained by the beach, at Pescadero, is on exhibition by Mrs. 
Swanton, in the San Mateo County Building, at the Fair. 



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Educational Institutions — 

San Mateo County has been for years an educational center. 
Its educational institutions are a source of pride to its residents. 
Over $100,000 was spent in new public school buildings a year 
ago. The Leland Stanford, Jr., University, founded and liber- 
ally endowed by the late Senator Stanford in memory of his 
only son, is situated on the southern boundary of the county, 
near Menlo Park. It is fast becoming one of the foremost col- 
leges in the country. At Belmont is a private preparatory school 
which is endowed by the State, and a cluster of schools and 
academies are gathered around San Mateo. 







ST. MARGARET'S SCHOOIy 



St. Margaret's School, San Mateo, is a first-class boarding 
and day school for girls. The standard is hi^h, the teaching 
thorough, and a pupil completing the course of study is quali- 
fied to enter college or university. The charges are moderate. 
It is morever a happy and healthful home. The climate is de- 
lightful the year round. The natural surroundings are unsur- 
passed in beauty. St. Margaret's is under the charge of the 
Kev. George Wallace, A. M., as Rector and Principal, with I\Irs. 
Wallace as Lady Principal. The school has the high endorse- 
ment of Bishop Nichols, of the Episcopal diocese of California; 
of the clergy; and especially of those who have been its patrons. 

The Union hotel at San Mateo, of whicli T. K. Byrnes is 
the proprietor, furnishes first-class accommodations to visitors. 
Is a fine brick building located in the plaza near the doi)ot, and 
is largely patronized by traveling business men, and also has 
elegant rooms, and is prepared to accommodate families on 
reasonable terms. 



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Those persons visiting San Mateo, desiring to enjoy a drive 
along some of the fine roads, can obtain a first-class turnout of 
any kind at the San Mateo Livery Stable, W. H. Paulin, pro- 
prietor, which is situated immediately opposite the depot. ' Par- 
ticular attention is given by Mr. Paulin to the transient trade. 

The County at the Fair— 

This interesting county is well represented at the Fair. It 
has a handsome building erected near the south gate of the Fair 
grounds, which attracts its share at least of public attention 
and of visitors. Crowds flock to it daily to inspect its interest- 
ing exhibits. The building has been erected under the direction 
of the Board of San Mateo County Fair Commissioners, and 
under the personal supervision of the Secretary and Treasurer 

of the Commissioners, 
C. E. Knapp, who was 
appointed to that posi- 
tion in conjunction with 
the following Commis- 
sioners: E. I. Knapp, 
cf Half Moon Bay, and 
F. P. Thompson, of 
Redwood City. C. E. 
Knapp has been a resi- 
dent of San Mateo 
County for the last 
twelve years, and he 
has been interested in a 
great number of the 
county institutions. He 
came to San Francisco 
from New York in 1879, 
and was afterwards ap- 
pointed I Deputy United 
States Shipping Com- 
missioner under the late Colonel J. D. Stevenson. That post he 
resigned to take a position in the office of J. L.Wilcutt, Secretary 
of the Southern Pacific Company. Thence he was transferred to 
the Golden Gate Woolen Mills as cashier, representing the late 
Senator Stanford's interest. There he remained three years. 
Afterwards he started in the real estate business on his own 
account, and he is now President of the Fruitvale Improvement 
Company, which has large fruit interests in the county of Fresno. 
Mr. Knapp has been very active in seeing that the county was 
well represented at the Fair, and he has given the arrangement 
of the exhibits in the county building much personal attention. 
The redwood pavilion and reception room in the county building 




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139 



is one of the most charming retreats on the Fair grounds, and it 
is always well filled with San Mateo people and their friends. 

S. H. Frank & Co. make a fine exhibit of tanned leather. 
This company is one of the oldest tanning firms on the Pacific 
Coast, having been established for about twenty years. Its 
tannery is located at Redwood City, and its ofiice and salesrooms 
are at 406 Battery street, San Francisco, and at 30 Ferry street. 
New York. The firm was awarded at Chicago in 1893 the 
medal of the World's Columbian Exposition for the best sole 
leather, the best harness leather and the best saddle leather. 




SAN MATKO COUNTY BUIIvDING — INTERIOR 



Another tannery which has a creditable exhibit in the 
building is that of Henry Beeger of Kedwood City. 

At Woodside Postoffice, in Portola Valley, is La Qucsta, the 
country place of E. H. Rixford, Esq., of San Francisco. It is 
situated on'i^a gently sloping hill, as indicated by its Spanish 
name, and its exposure is such as to eminently adapt it to tlio 



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production of fruit and fine wines, for which it is now being 
developed by the owner. Mr. Rixford has an exhibit of wines 
from his place among the county exhibits. 




SAXMATEO COUNTY BL'ILDIXG— INTERIOR 



R. I Knapp makes an attractive exhibit of the celebrated 
Knapp Side Hill Steel Plows, which are manufactured by him at 
Halfmoon Bay. These plows are well made and less complicated 
than plows generally, and hundreds are sold annually on this 
Coast, demonstrating their superiority and popularity. Baker 
& Hamilton, San Francisco, are agents for the Knapp Side Hill 
Steel Plows. 

J. W. Wilson of Redwood City makes a very creditable 
exhibit of horseshoes, which were made entirely, finish and 
all, in his own shop. 

There is also a special exhibit from Pescadero, the principal 
settlement on the ocean side of the county, to which reference 
has already been made. 

Other exhibitors in the San Mateo County Building are the 
following : Rev. A. L. Brewer, school, San Mateo ; E. F. Preston, 
vineyard, Searsville; R. 0. Tripp, wines, Woodside; S. L. Jones; 
Hazlewood Farm ; Sunset Seed and Plant Company, San Mateo, 
Dairymen's Union, 113 Davis street. 



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141 



One of the solid institutions of the County seat of San 
Mateo County, Kedwood City, is the Bank of San Mateo, which 
has a capital of $200,000. Of this institution J. L. Ross is Presi- 
dent; P.P. Chamberlain, Vice-President; and L. P. Behrens, 
Cashier and Secretary. 

One of the solid and prominent citizens of the County is 
Col. E. J. Preston of Portola Vineyard, and two of the leading 
dairymen of the County are D. 0. Mills, the owner of Millbrae, 
and R. G. Sneath of Jersey Farm. Mr. Mills is intimately 
associated with the Bank of California and Mr. Sneath was also at 
one time identified with the banking interests of San Francisco. 

Col. Preston is one of the leading practitioners at the San 
Francisco bar 

The San Mateo Bank, in the town of San Mateo, will soon be 
incorporated, with a capital of $100,000, and will be located in the 
Library Hall Building, in which a magnificent vault has already 




vSAN MATIh:o county BUIIyDING — INTlvRIOR 



been constructed. Phil M. Roedel, formerly Cashier of the White 
Cloud Exchange Bank, of White Cloud, INIichigan, will be ]\hina- 
ger. This Bank will do a general banking business, and will be 
a credit to the county. 

The Sunset Seed and Plant Company has also a fine and 
attractive exhibit in the building, which receives much well 
merited attention. The company's ofiice is at San Mateo. 



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SAN MATKO COUNTY BUII^DING — INTKRIOR 



Suburban Residence Sites— 

With all its great natural advantages, San Mateo County has 
almost escaped notice as a charming place for suburban residence, 
because the bulk of the land in it has been held in large tracts by 
a few wealthy men. But a change is taking place, which will 
encourage settlement and development. 

Among those who acquired large tracts in the County was the 
late S. M. Mezes. His property embraced some of the best land in 
the country. Recently his vast estate was subdivided into small 
tracts suitable for home-seekers, thus placing within their reach 
some ot the most desirable residence property in the immediate 
vicinity of San Francisco. One tract is situated at Belmont where 
W. C. Ralston established his magnificent country seat. In fact 
he purchased the land for the purpose from Mr. Mezes. The 
subdivisions now offered for sale in the Belmont tract surround 
the old Ralston premises. They command a grand view of San 
Francisco Bay, possessing a charming climate, highly productive 
soil, well suited for fruit culture, good drainage, and being now 
well supplied with roadways and with water from the Spring 
Valley Company's mains. On this tract are already erected the 
beautiful residences of the Sharon Estate, C. R. Splivalo, George 
C. Ross, Patrick Swift, John Lewis, William Hansen and 
William T. Reid's academy. These tracts vary in size from one 
to twenty acres. The price has been set at from $150 to $600 per 



THE FAIR GROUNDS 143 

acre, payments being made easy, running through a period of 
four years, at a low rate of interest. Special terms are given those 
who offer the best inducements for improving the tract. 

Another tract belonging to the same estate is situated near 
Menlo Park. It lies in the foothills, commanding a splendid 
view of the picturesque Santa Clara Valley which is adjacent 
thereto. The soil is the best and produces the finest quality of 
' fruit. The Corte Madera Water Company has its reservoir con- 
tiguous to it, and water pipes are laid over a large part of the 
tract already. Contemplating purchasers of suburban houses 
should not fail to call and see the agent of the Mezes tracts, 
Frank R. Whitcomb, eighth floor, Crocker Building, San 
Francisco. 



Nevada State Building — 

In a somewhat out-of-the-way part of the Fair Grounds, at 
the base of Strawberry Hill and adjacent to the Forty-nine Camp 
is the building which the State of Nevada has erected. Of course, 
Nevada is known chiefly through her mineral products, of which 
a fine display is made, but the visitor to the building will be sur- 
prised to find that the agricultural products of the State are not 
to be sneezed at. Among other exhibits of interest also are the 
wonderful footprints discovered in the sandstone quarries at Car- 
son. It will pay the visitor to spend an hour in the Nevada State 
Building. 

Canada's Exhibit — 

The Dominion of Canada makes a fine display of grasses and 
grains in the south end of the Agricultural Building. 

Anne Hathaway's Cottage- 
Anne Hathaway 's cottage, with its quaint thatched roof, is 
the British headquarters. It stands on the south side of the 
Midway, opposite the San Joaquin County Building. It carries 
the visitor back to the days when the Bard of Avon flourished 
and Anne Hathaway was the queen that reigned over his aflec- 
tions. 

Montana's Exhibit— 

The State of Montana has a fine disphiy of minerals and 
precious stones, which will be found in the north end of the Agri- 
cultural Building on the main floor. 



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145 




The Fountains — 

The Central Court is ornamented with two fountains, one at 
each end. That on the south end, fronting the Administration 
Building, is emblematical of California and its varied industries. 
It is a cone-shaped structure, representing a Sierran Peak, with a 
female figure sitting on the summit, a fruit-bearing branch held 
as a wand in her extended right hand, and a grizzly bear at her 
feet. On the vslopes of the cone are representations of the State's 
varied industries — mining, agricultural and mechanical — and 

spouting seals suggestive of the 
entrance to the Golden Gate 
and the ocean commerce of the 
State. The fountain is the de- 
sign of Rupert Schmid, and 
whether in full play or repose 
it is a very attractive object and 
a fine work of art. 

At the north end of the 
Central Court, in front of the 
Manufactures and Liberal Arts 
Building, stands an electric 
fountain, which is one of the 
most attractive features on the 
Exposition grounds in the eve- 
ning after sunset. It is then 
put into action, and the jets of 
water are gracefully projected 
into the air to a great height. 
Underneath the structure is a 
chamber containing a large 
number of powerful electric 
lights, the rays from which 
are thrown into the rising col- 
umn of water overhead 
through glass discs inserted 
for the purpose in the floor 
of the fountain. The rays of 
light thus projected into the fountain are tinted at will by the 
manipulation, in the hands of the operator below, of sheets of 
colored glass. It makes a picture of indescribable beauty. 

Both of these fountains are supplied with writer by the 
pumping machinery operated in the INIeclianical Arts Building. 
on the east side of the Court. 




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146 ALL ABOUT THE MIDWINTER FAIR 

Statuary in the Central Court — 

Adjacent to the Electric Tower, and facing the California 
fountain stands a heroic figure of Christopher Columbus, the 
great discoverer, looking in wonderment on the remarkable 
development before him, while a number of smaller pieces of 
statuary of no special significance are distributed among the 
shrubbery at various points in the Court. 




THE cide:r press 



Directly in front of the Fine Arts Building, on the promenade 
surrounding the Central Court, stands one of the most artistic 
pieces of statuary in bronze on the grounds. It is a drinking 
fountain representing the cider press, the main figure in which 
is nearly life-size. 



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147 



The Lick Statuary- 
Two pieces belonging to the James Lick statuary — an allegori- 
cal group of California for which he provided liberally in the 
Trust Deed bequeathing to prosperity the bulk of his great 
fortune — are exhibited at the Fair. One consists of the principal 
figure of the group — the heroic figure of a woman representing 
California — and on the pedestal on which it stands are panels rep- 
resenting pioneer scenes in relief and a medallion of James Lick. 




THE PROvSPKCTORS 



This imposing statue stands in the middle of the main floor of the 
Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building. The other section of 
the Lick group of statuary is to be found in the central aisle on 
the main floor of the Mechanical Arts Building, in the INIining 
Department. 

It is an ideal representation of the men who sought their 
fortunes in the new Kl Dorado and who subsociuontly developed 
its mineral resources. The group consists of three prospectors, 



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representing three types of manhood — youth, middle age and 
the decline of life. The latter feature is scarcely historically 
correct (the artist having taken poetic license to produce an 
effect), for the pioneers of California 
were almost all young men, with no 
old men among them, and compara- 
tively few who had reached middle age. 
But the group is thoroughly artistic. 
Both of these Lick statues are in bronze 
and will ultimately be placed in front of 
the City Hall. 



Marshall's Statue— 

The mining Kxhibit of Kl Dorado 
County contains a re-production in staff 
of the memorial statue of James W. 
Marshall which has been erected by the 
State on an eminence near Coloma over- 
looking the site of the old Sutter Mill 
where Marshall discovered gold on 
January 19, 1848, and commemorative of 
that event. 

Many of the relics of this historic 
character will be found among the treas- 
ures exhibited in the Forty-nine Camp. 

Qtieen Isabella of Spam— 

The statue by Miss Harriet Hosmer 
of Queen Isabella of Spain which is 
exhibited in the Fine Arts Building is 
to be reproduced in bronze and given a place in the Park 
Grounds. The statue represents the Queen in the act of sur- 
rendering her jewels to provide funds for Columbus' Voyage of 
Discovery. 




J 



JAMES W. MARSHAIvIy 



The Vanderbilt Family— 

Another group of statuary is the Vanderbilt family, exhibited 
in the Fine Arts Building in the central aisle by Caroline S. 
Brooks. Mrs. Brooks has a studio on the south drive, where she 
gives daily exhibitions of the art of modeling in butter, to which 
she charges an admission of 10 cents. 



THE FAIR GROUNDS 149 

The Central Court at Night— 

The Central Court at night is a blaze of glory and of light. 
At eight o'clock the main buildings are all outlined against the 
dark horizon in lines of light produced from tens of thousands of 
incandescent electric lights; the Firth wheel assumes the shape 
of a gigantic revolving star, and the electric tower bursts forth 
into a beautiful column of variegated light in beautiful patterns 
and designs while from its crown in the clouds above shoots forth 
the brilliant beam of the great search light which sweeps across 
bay, valley and mountain, or spans the broad expanse of the Paci- 
fic, bringing out in bold relief all objects enveloped by its rays for 
a distance of thirty miles or more away. The electric fountain 
is brought into play in the way of a diversion. The scene is one 
of incomparable beauty, and in a clear night that brilliant many- 
hued pillar of light pointing heavenward, the electric tower, is 
for miles around the cynosure of all eyes. Those who do not see 
the Fair at night will miss one of the most beautiful features in it. 

The Chimes— 

The silvery tones of the Mission bells calling the faithful to 
matins and vespers and mid day devotions are reproduced daily 
in melodious symphonies from the towers of the Manufactures 
and Liberal Arts Building where a chime of bells has been hung. 

The Midway— 

The Midway is a scene once beholden can never be forgotten. 
Entering at the east gate the eye rests on a long and narrow lane 
winding through lines of buildings constituting the side-shows of 
the Fair of all the fantastic shapes and colorings the human fancy 
could design, including realistic reproductions of Dante's Inferno, 
of ancient Egyptian temples from the banks of the Nile, of the 
structures erected in the mediaeval ages, and of all countries and 
climes, making a curious and bewildering architectural medley. 
The Midway is crowded with representatives of all nations in 
their national costumes, jostling one another as they move along 
with the throng or attempt to stem the human tide. The ear is 
assailed by a babel of tongues, the sonorous voices of the touts an- 
nouncing the attractions of the side-shows and inviting patronage, 
the rattle and rumble of the cars on the scenic railway, the shouts 
of the delighted crowds in the arena and on the recreation grounds, 
and the sweet strains of music which float hither and thither on the 
breeze. A new excitement is created here b}^ the passage of the 
Forty-nine stage or the train of pack mules, or there , by the clown 
on the back of his trained pig, or an Indian dance on the roadway; 
while the Firth wheel slowly moving through space, and the flut- 
tering cloud of banners on tower and dome and minaret in all 
directions gives a strange charm and life to the scene overhead. 



160 ALL ABOUT THE MIDWINTER FAIR 

The German Villagre — 

Almost at the extreme south end of the Exposition grounds 
is the German Village, comprising a representation of Heidelberg 
Castle and seven other buildings typical of German village 
architecture. 

VieDiia Prater — 

Adjoining the east wing of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts 
Building is the Vienna Prater group, comprising three main 
buildings and several bazaars, the concert hall being 200 by 150 
feet. 

Roiimaiiia, Servia and Monteneg^ro — 

The Roumanian, Servian and Montenegrin group adjoins the 
Japanese Village on the south. 

The Chinese Pa§roda — 

The Chinese Pagoda stands on the opposite side of the road- 
way leading east toward the Middle Drive. It is 160 feet long 
and 90 feet wide. 

The Hawaiian Cyclorama — 

The Hawaiian Cyclorama is a realistic representation of the 
burning crater of Kilauea, the greatest volcana on the earth. It 
has all the appearance of the real volcano in activity, showing 
lakes of liquid lava, blow holes, lava flows, and the upward 
thrust of masses of rock by the pressure of the subterranean 
lava, and the breaking down of the cooling crust. The Cyclo- 
rama building is adjacent to the Firth Wheel, at the northeast 
corner of the Fair grounds, and is most easily reached from the 
east gate. 

The Hawaiian Villagre— 

The Hawaiian village, which adjoins the Cyclorama build- 
ing, comprises a group of native Hawaiian huts and a number 
of interesting Hawaiian curiosities, among them some of the 
relics of the royal house of Hawaii, such as the royal cloak and 
the throne. 

The Moorish Mystic Mirror Maze— 

The Moorish Mystic Mirror Maze is located on the south 
side of the Midway. It covers an area of 1,750 square feet, in 
which there are 202 feet of actual passageways. Fifty-one mir- 
rors make 918 direct parallel reflectors. Sixty-five mirrors are 
indirectly reflected 110 times each, making thus 7,150 pillais, 
and the reflection of the seventy-nine electric lights equal 8,690 
lights. 




CKYI^ON TKA (tARDJCN AND COURT 

The Ceylon Tea Garden— 

The Ceylon Tea Garden and Court is situated in the Manu- 
factures and Liberal Arts Building at the north end on the 

main floor, adjoining the 
British department. This 
exhibit is in charge of 
J. Rupert Foster, who is 
also Commissioner for 
Ceylon. It covers an area 
of 2,400 square feet, and 
is pronounced one of the 
most attractive exhibits 
then building. Special 
products of Ceylon only 
are displayed in this 
court. Ceylon tea and 
cofi*ee is sold by the cup, 
also in packets. Native 
Ceylonese wait on visit- 
ors in their picturesque 
dress, and serve them 
with all the urbanity of 
the Oriental. For tea, 
J. RUPERT FOSTER coffee or other Ceylon 

products, address J. R. 
Foster, acent Ceylon tea and coffee gardens, in the Manufactures 
Building, or 35 Post Street, San Francisco, 




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Streets of Cairo — 

The Oriental Concessions with the Streets of Cairo stand 
behind the Mechanical Arts Building and may be reached from 
the Middle Drive or from the road passing the north end of the 
last named building. It comprises three main buildings and a 
number of bazaars. 

The Esquimaux Villag-e— 

The curious little people inhabiting the territory lying within 
the Arctic circle have erected a village on the south side of the 
south drive directly opposite the Administration Building. The 
village comprises a group of snow huts such as they dwell in when 
on their native heath, and teams of trained dogs haul them about 
in their sledges around their enclosure. Within this enclosure, also, 
is an artificial lake on which the Esquimaux have several kyaks 
or canoes, in which they display their skill with paddle and 
harpoon. The village is one of the concessions to which an 
admission fee must be paid. 



Ostrich Farm — 

One of the most interesting live exhibits on the Fair grounds 
is that contained in the Norwalk Ostrich Farm, which is located 

on the west side of the South 
Drive, almost in the rear of the 
Administration Building. The 
exhibit consists of upwards of 
thirty ostriches, ranging in age 
from two months to ten years, all 
being from the original stock im- 
ported from South Africa in 1886. 
The largest bird in the collection 
stands eight feet high and weighs 
250 pounds. Visitors to the Fair 
will have an opportunity of wit- 
nessing every stage in the develop- 
ment of an ostrich and the produc- 
tion of an ostrich plume. A pair 
of ostriches are worth from I50 to f6oo according to age and 
quality of feathers. Kvery feature connected with ostrich farm- 
ing in this State is quite as favorable to the industry as in South 
Africa, with the additional advantage that the California birds 
mature earlier without impairment to the value of the feathers 
The exhibit is in charge of Edwin Cawston, proprietor of Norwalk 
Ostrich Farm, Norwalk, California, who will freely impart all 
information desired by visitors. The cost of admission to the 
exhibit is twenty-five cents. 




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153 



The Jirinkisha — 

The jirinkisha is a conveyance used for the rapid transporta- 
tion of visitors around the Fair grounds. It is drawn by a 
human beast of burden at a fixed rate per trip or by the hour, at 
the pleasure of the person hiring the conveyance. The jirinki&ha 
is a Japanese vehicle, but it is very unpopular with the natives 
of Japan because it is regarded as a dreadful degradation to be 
compelled to haul one. The jirinkisha in service at the Fair 
grounds are drawn by other nationalities. The picture presented 
herewith is a snap shot of one visitor as he was in the act of tak- 
ing notes of an interesting object on the Fair grounds that 
attrai ted his attention. 




THK JIRINKISHA 

Bicycle Track — 

A Bicycle Track has been provided in the Recreation Grounds 
of the Fair for the use of visiting bicyclists. All wheelmen must 
enter the Fair Grounds at the south gate. They can gain admis- 
sion at no other gate. Immediately to the left of and inside the 
entrance is Bicycle Hall where those not desiring to visit other 
parts of the Fair Grounds may store their wheels and are charged 
a small fee for the accommodation. 

Those desiring to use the Bicycle Track can ride their w liocls 
from Bicycle Hall along the road specially constructed for their use. 
Bicycle Hall is filled up with every accommodation for the con- 
venience and comfort of wheelmen and wheehvomou. The Hall 
conducted is under the superintendence of George D. Maekay. 




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Forty-Nine Mining" Camp— 

The Forty-nine Mining Camp is one of the most unique con- 
cessions within the enclosure of the Fair Grounds. It is the 
Mecca toward which every man who has at any time in his life 




INSIDK THK CAMP 



been engaged in the seductive occupation of gold-mining turns 
his footsteps. It is located on the north slope of Strawberry 
Hill, the most prominent landmark on the north side of the 




^:ntranci<: To Till-: cami-. Tin<: oij) toij.-housi': 

Fair Grounds. Everything in and about the camp it^ suggestive 
of the rude and rugged life of a gohl miiuM- in (he carlitM* history 




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157 



of gold-mining in California. It is reached from the interior of 
the quadrangle or central court by three different avenues, each 
of which winds through a young pine and eucalyptus forest that 
is highly suggestive of the condition of the auriferous districts as 
the pioneers found them. One of these avenues leaves the cen- 
tral court at the west end of the Agricultural Building ; another 
leaves the court between the Japanese concession and the 
Roumanian, Servian and Montenegrin building; and the third 
road joins the south drive on the east side of the San Joaquin 
County building. These three avenues meet at the entrance to 
the camp, where the old toll-house which formerly challenged the 
wayfarer at Robinson's ferry stands. Here the visitor finds him- 
fcelt in reality transported to a scene so realistic that, if he has 




MACK AY S OT.D CABIN 



at any time mined, he lives over again the experiences of the free 
and independent life of the past, all its trials and triumphs, all 
its hopes and its pleasures being arrayed before his mental 
vision. The camp is a reproduction of an early mining settle- 
ment and some of the buildings contained it are of great historic 
value. There is the cabin which John W. Mackay used for six 
years as a home at Alleghany, Sierra County, in his humble min- 
ing days, before he accumulated his immense wealth which in 
late years has made his name familiar the world over. It has 
the additional interest also of having been built by the bonanza 
king with his own hands. Since Mackay occupied that little 
structure in the Forty-nine Camp his fortunes have greatly 




U S. SENATOR GKORGK C PERKINS 



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159 



changed, and he is now one of the wealthiest men in the world. 
But fortune has mellowed his nature rather than hardened it, 
the latter being the case with most men lifted from a humble 
station in life to affluence. 

The homely hut which housed Ex-Governor and United States 
Senator George C. Perkins in his mining days stands by the 
wayside, as it was when he occupied it. Since retiring from 
practical mining, Senator Perkins has been engaged in mer- 
chandising and in late years in the steamship business, as a 
member of the firm of Goodall, Perkins & Co., General Agents 
of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company. He served a term 




CABIN OF SENATOR GEORGE: C PERKKN.s 



of three years as Governor of the State, and is now finishing the 
unexpired term of the late Leland Stanford as United States 
Senator from California. This cabin was also built by Senator 
Perkins and occupied by him for eight years at Thompson's Flat, 
Butte County. Draped in mourning further on, the log cabin of 
the late Major Downie, the founder of Downieville, whose name 
is familiar in every mining camp on the Pacific Coast from the 
lower California line to Bering Strait, stands in a recess in the 
hillside. It is draped in emblems of mourning owing to 
the major's untimely death '* on his way to cam p. '^ The gambling 
hells of yore with the notice *' Keno to-night, '^ or where ** the 
tiger maybe bucked,*' or an interesting game of poker may be 



160 



ALL ABOUT THE MIDWINTER FAIR 



indulged in, without fear of official interference, have all been 
reproduced, and the rasping tones of the violin and the thump- 
ing of a much worn piano and the seductive glances of charming 
senoritas revive "the fandango'' and '*the hurdy-gurdy'' in 
camp. A genuine mining newspaper — the Weekly Midwinter 
Appeal, edited by witty Sam Davis who is ever ready to de- 
fend his views and opinions at the pistol's mouth, is printed 
in the camp. The Postoffice with Jim Armstrong as postmaster, 
is there also, and ^' the arrival of the stage with the mail from 
Frisco " is regularly reproduced with all the bustle and excite- 
ment of the days of Forty-nine, followed, of course, with a rush 
for the hotel — " Eest for the Weary " over the destinies of the 




THE PACK TR\TN 



tables of which " Papa Peakes," w^ho has entertained as " mine 
host " at Santa Cruz for seventeen years, presides with the 
dignity and authority of the olden, golden days, serving pork 
and beans baked in the ground, with coffee and pie and such other 
delicacies as a genuine Forty-nine mining camp afforded at the 
moderate and economical charges of ninety-four. Papa Peakes 
gives a splendid meal for from 25c to 45c. 

The famous coach that carried Horace Greeley to Carson, 
with old Hank Monk handling the ribbons, is the stage of the 
Forty-nine Mining Camp. 

Mt. Shasta, the majestic peak which rears its cone-like crown 
into the northern skies of the State, has been reproduced realisti- 



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JAMKS H. I.OVI: 



cally at the northern end 
of the camp; Sutter's 
Fort, in its old familiar 
form, also greets the eye 
of the visitor; and along 
the trails traversing the 
camp, the old-time mule 
pack train wends its way 
wearily. 

Other features in the 
camp are as follows : 

A fac- simile of James 
W. Marshall's Cabin and 
Marshall's relics ; Amador 
Cabin — Mrs. Sandy 
Bowers, the Washoe 
Seeress ; Washoe Canaries 
and Calaveras Bat ; Tuol- 
umne Cabin occupied by 
^Tlain James" Whittson; 
The Old El Dorado Saloon 
— Jones and Barnes behind the bar ; The Unique Old-Time 
Merchandise Store ; Mining as it wasdone in early days — Long 
Tom sluice boxes, rocker and pan ; the Old Prairie Schooner of 
the 50's, property of C. H. Hoffman; The Feed Stable; The 
Buckeye Cabin, ^' Eoot Hog or Die." The credit of this unique 
conception is due to Jas. H. Love of San Francisco, a well-known 
theatrical manager and 
newspaperman. The camp 
has been worked out in all 
its details by him. In this 
he has been ably assisted 
by Eugene Hahn, also 
a newspaper man of note, 
who is also assistant man- 
ager of the camp during 
the Fair season. The cap- 
ital to carry the enterprise 
to a successful end was fur- 
nished by Major Frank 
McLaughlin of Oroville, 
who is President of the 
Forty-nine Mining Camp 
company. Pierre Duryee 
is the genial and accom- 
modating secretary of the 
company. No visitor to 
the Fair can afford to neg- 
lect the Forty-nine Camp. 




KUGICNK HAHN 




SCENIC RAII.WAY — KNTKRING TUNNKI. 




SCENIC RAII^WAY — EXIT FROM TUNNEI. 



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163 



The Scenic Railway— 

The most popular, and in many respects the most original in 
design of all the concessions on the Fair grounds is the Scenic 
Railway, which is con- 
structed along the north 
side of the south drive, 
with the station adjacent 
to the east gate. It is a 
wonderful piece of engi- 
neering, besides being a 
great mechanical novelty. 
The railway is constructed 
on trestling, on an irregular 
grade, and is nearly a mile 
in length. In places the 
grades constitute precipi- 
tous inclines, but the car 
passes over them with the 
swift and graceful flight of 
a bird. In some places 
the car moves by gravita- 
tion down the steep declivi- 
ties, while the hill opposite 
is overcome by the mo- 
mentum which the car has received in its previous descent. 
Where the momentum of the car is exhausted mechanical appli- 
ances are brought into play, such as a moving cable attachment, 
to propel the car forward. The station is a very attractive semi- 




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circular, double-decked structure, the lower floor being occupied 
by refreshment booths and stairways, the upper deck being the 
station proper, where the trains are taken, and where passengers 




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disembark at tlie end of their ride. The Scenic Railway possesses 
many of the charms of a long railroad ride through a region of 
vast area and of varied scenery. In one place it enters a natural 
cavern, the rocky walls of which are wonderfully interesting, 
every foot presents some new and attractive feature to the bewil- 
dered eye of the traveler. The scenic effect in this tunnel is 
greatly intensified by its illumination with electric flash lights in 
colors. Thousands ride over the Scenic Railway every day, 
enjoying heartily the novelty of the thrilling and exciting ride. 
It is an absolutely new idea, as unique as it is charming. The 
fare for the round trip is ten cents. 




INTKRIOR OF STATION 

Boone's Arena— 

Boone's Arena of Wild Animals, many of which have been 
well trained, is one of the chief sights of the Fair. One of the 
majestic brutes which performs daily in the arena is the lion 
Parnell, that slew his keeper a few weeks after the Fair opened. 
The Arena is located in the central part of the INIidway. 



The Firth Wheel- 
North of the Cyclorama, and in rear of the Hawaiian Village, 
stands the great Firth Wheel, 225 feet in liei.^hl. 



166 



ALL ABOUT THE MIDWINTER EAIR 



The Automatic Race-Course— 

The Automatic Race-course is a mechanical arrangement in 
which all the effects of a real horse-race are produced strictly by 
mechanical agencies. The various animals and conveyances rep- 
resented upon are independently operated by a wire and a series 
of discs and pulleys on a circular platform one hundred feet in 
diameter. It is equipped with eight saddle horses and eight 
chariots, each drawn by two horses. The saddle horses are 
three-fourths life size, and the chariots eight persons. The 
mechanism is adjusted by a combination which regulates the 
speed of each piece on the course separate and independent of 




THE AUTOMATIC RACE COURSE 



all others, and when set even the inventor himself cannot tell how 
the race is going to terminate. The combination is changed 
every race, thus giving it all the novelty and charm of an actual 
race-course, with living animals instead of automatons in the 
race. The course is owned by the Storey-Holloway Roman Hip- 
podrome and Automatic Race Course Company, and is located in 
the southern part of the Fair grounds. 

A Useful Instrument — 

An interesting exhibit in the Manufactures and Liberal 
Arts Building is the Dayton Bull's Eye Pen Extractor, an adver- 
tisement of which appears elsewhere in this handbook. 



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167 



Taber Photographic Building*— 

The Taber Photographic Company of 121 Post Street, San 
Francisco, have a unique three-story structure at the south- 
eastern corner of the quadrangle. They are the official photog- 
raphers of the Midwinter Exposition. Their Post street estab- 
lishment is the largest and best epuipped photographic gallery 
on the continent. In their building on the Fair grounds there 
are two splendidly equipped operating rooms devoted to the 
taking of pictures. They are the originators of the iridium 
photograph, a process of photography in colors, and their estab- 




THE) TABKR BUII.DING 



lishment is the only one where such a photograph is obtainable 
at prices nearly as cheap as ordinary photographs. The perfec- 
tion of these pictures is simply marvelous. The visitor is amply 
repaid by calling and inspecting this beautiful work. Pictures 
enlarged in crayon, India ink and water colors at moderate prices. 
The specialties of the Taber Photographic Company aleo include 
crystal views of California. All the different views of the Cali- 
fornia Midwinter Exposition, in plain and colored ])hoto^raphs, 
are obtainable froin him. Every visitor to the INIidwintcr Fair 
should have a souvenir photograph madeat Taber's photographic 
establishment on the grounds. 



168 



ALr ABOUT THE MIDWINTER FAIR 



The Japanese Villag-e — 

By one step, the visitor to the California Midwinter Interna- 
tional Exposition may pass from the grand plaza of this great 
achievement of Western civilization, into a romantic scene faith- 
fully depicting life in the ancient, but still semi-barbaric, "Land 
of the Mikado's—extremes meet! One step from the Occident 
to the Orient ! 




THK SHURO MON, OR ENTRANCE- GATE AND BEI.FRY 



G. T. Marsh & Go's " Japanese Village' ' has been entirely 
created by Japanese Artists and Artisans, and even to the 
minutest detail is thoroughly typical of similar scenes in Japan, 
always enchanting to foreigners traveling in the ** Flowery 
Kingdom," and frequently described, but never more beauti- 
fully, than by that great scholar and poet, Sir Edwin Arnold. 

A grand gateway (Shuro Mon) affords entrance to the vil- 
lage. It is of massive design, and a masterpiece of carpentry 
and wood carving. It is constructed entirely of wood, every piece 



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being carefully fitted and joined without the aid of nails or 
screws, and unsullied by paint, according to the custom and 
taste of the Japanese in regard to their buildings. 

The visitor's first view discloses several buildings pictur- 
esquely situated on rising ground, and embowered amid trees. 
A waterfall, first appearing from the summit of a huge tree 
stump, charred, and partly imbedded in a bank of rocky debris, 
flows in miniature cascades between banks lined with ferns, 
curious dwarf trees and shrubs, until it reaches a placid lake 




THE '^TSURU'^ SACRKD vSTORKS 



Fpanned by three bridges. The two flat bridges leading to the 
island in the lake, are of the Yatsu Hashi (eight-pointed) class, 
and the semi- circular (Sori Hashi) bridge, is a reproduction of a 
noted bridge in Miya-jima, one of the most famous beauty spots 
on the inland sea of Japan. These bridges illustrate the two most 
distinct styles of bridge building in Japan. In, and on the banks 
of the lake, a pair of the '^ Tsuru," sacred Storks of Japan, (the 
only ones in America) pass their time in meditation, when not 
engaged in investigating the pockets of^visitors, or being 'petted 




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and fed by their compatriots, the Japanese, who have an afiec- 
tion almost amounting to reverence for these birds, their artists 
and poets having adopted them as emblems of purity and good 
luck. 




THE MUSUMK 



On the banks of the lake are two tea-houses, one ** Hako 
mune'' Cha-ya (tea booth), the other ** Hogio'' Chaya where tea 
and Japanese sweetmeats are dispensed by Musumees (waiting 
girls) with that graceful courtesy which is one of the most 
pleasing characteristics of this people, and which is as closely 
observed in the mat-makers' hut as in the l^^^mperor's Palace. 



8ir Edwin Arnold, in 
Musume : 



Japonica," thus describes the 



'The Musumee wears a wondrous dress, 

* Kimono, Obi, Hiboji, 

' A rosebush, in Spring loveliness, 

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'' The Musumee has brown velvet eyes 
^' Curtained with satin, sleepily; 
'' You wonder if those lids would rise, 
'' The newest, strangest sight to see! 

'' Yet when she chatters, laughs, or plays 

" Koto or lute, or samisen, 

'' No jewel gleams with brighter rays 

'^ Than flash from those dark lashes then/^ 

And in close proximity to the tea-houses, is the artists' 
studio, of the Yosei mune style. 




THK KURA-OR FIRE-PROOF WAREHOUSE 



Paths serpentining between lawns and flower beds, lead to 
the upper part of the village. Here are a typical ** Kura^' (fire- 
proof Godown or warehouse), in which is a fine display of art 
treasures. The most commanding building is a Nobleman's two- 
storied house (Ni Ki Yashki) of five rooms, one of which is in 
maple wood with maple decorations, another in bamboo with 
bamboo decorations, a third room in cherry with cherry decora- 
tions ; also one in pine with decorations in pine, and still another 
with chrysantliemum decorations. The ui>per fioor of this 
building affords a fine vantage point for views of the tea-garden 




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below and general views of the '* Fair," and therefore it is much 
favored by '* Knights of the Camera.'' 

In a secluded spot, ambushed amid fir trees and large Jap- 
anese maples, is a Japanese restaurant where curious native 
dishes are prepared and served. 

All these buildings illustrate the great regard of the Japanese 
people for cleanliness and fresh air in their homes, and public 
places, and their instinctive love for art and fine workmanship. 
In the smaller details, as well as in the general design of the 
Japanese Village, visitors who are competent to judge have en- 




I^ITTI^K KO-YOSHI AT THE SPRING 

dorsed Mr. Geo. T. Marsh's thorough knowledge and faithful ar- 
rangement of his subject, the fruit of his many years' residence 
in Japan, and study of its arts. Much regret has been expressed 
by admirers of the Japanese and their works, that Mr. Marsh was 
prevented by the Oriental prejudices of certain officials of the 
Japanese Government, from thus illustrating ** Life in Japan," 
at the *' World's Fair," as originally intended by him. 

Near the Nobleman's house is the spring which supplies the 
waterfall, artfully distributed in pools, which afford retreats for a 
large number of Japanese gold fish. 




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Returning to the lower garden, one passes a tall ladder, such 
as is used in Japan by the fire sentries. Two gum trees planted 
close together at this spot years ago, have been availed of to 
supply this illustration now. 




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The tall building near by, is a Japanese Theatre, built in 
Ni Jiu No To style of architecture, in which truly marvellous dis- 
plays of strength, agility, eleight of hand, fencing, dancing:, etc., 
are being continually made by Japanese performers. A large 
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the roof of which is known as the Katsu ogi, and the entrance as 
the Go-Hi styles of architecture ; this Kankoba adjoins the 
village^ and affords visitors a free opportunity to inspect the 
cheapest, as well as the choicest, art works and manufactures of 
Japan. 

The Musumee's softly murmured ** Mata Dozo, irrashai'^ (be 
pleased to come again) lingers in the ears of the visitor long 
after departure in a Jinricksha for other scenes at the ''Fair." 
The mind contemplates the question of the origin of this ancient 
people, their religion and civilization far antedating ours, their 
gentleness and skill, and perhaps the visitor's interest will not 
flag if he or she should make another trip to Japan at the 
Midwinter Fair. 




' MATA DOZO IRRASHAI 



Santa Barbara Amphibia — 

Almost immediately opposite to the Colorado gold mine is 
the Santa Barbara Amphibia, a structure built in imitation of the 
old Missions, inside of which is a large tank filled with water 
and occupied by seals brought expressly to the Fair from the 
islands in the Santa Barbara Channel. 



180 ALL ABOUT THE 3IID WINTER FAIR 

Days Set for Special Celebrations— 

The following dates have been set for special celebrations : 

January ist — Opening Day. 

January 27th — Dedication Day. 

January 29th — Butte County Day. 

February 8th —Musical Festival ; Pacific Coast Bill Posters' 
Association. 

February 9th — Pacific Association of Fire Chiefs. 

February loth — Amateur Athletic Association Sports. 

February 12th — Independent Order of Good Templars. 

February 14th — North Dakota. 

February 15th — State of Idaho. 

February 17th — Klks' Day ; Amateur Athletic Association 
Sports. 

February 19th — Southern California. 

February 20th — Young Men's Institute. 

February 21st — Santa Cruz County. 

February 22d — N. G. C. Tournament; California Bankers. 

February 23d — State of Maryland ; Commercial High School 
and California Bankers' Association ; Children's Day. 

February 24th — Amateur Athletic Association Sports. 

February 27th — San Bernardino County. 

February 28th — French Colony. 

March 3d — Amateur Athletic Association Sports ; Vermont 
Day. 

March 9th— University of Pacific; Japanese Day. 

March loth — Russian Day. 

March 12th — State of Michigan. 

March 13th — Teachers' Congress. 

March 14th — Sierra County ; Italian Reception. 

March 15th — Maine Day. 

March i6th — Geographical Congress. 

March 17th — St. Patrick's Day; Irish Sports. 

March 19th — San Francisco's Day ; Mystic Argonauts. 

March 20th — Musicians' Union. 

March 22d — State of Nevada and Ventura County. 

March 23d — Stanford University. 

March 24th — Amateur Athletic Association Sports. 

March 26th — Oregon Day. 

March 28th — Santa Barbara Day. 

March 29th — Kern County Day. 

March 31st — Amateur Athletic Association Sports. 

April 2d — Canadian Day. 

April 3d — Knights and Ladies of Honor. 

April 4th — Press Congress. 

April 5th — State of Indiana. 

April 6th — Girls' High School ; Kansas Day. 

April 7th — Cal. State Sunday School Association. 



THE FAIR GROUNDS 181 

Days Set for Special Celebrations— Continued 

April 9tli — Belgian Day. 

April loth — San Diego. 

April nth — University of California. 

April i2tli — Order of Chosen Friends. 

April 13th — Fresno County ; Grangers' Congress. 

April 14th — Amateur Athletic Association Sports. 

April i6th — Oakland High School ; Catholic Ladies' Aid 
Society. 

April 17th — Ancient Order of Foresters ; Companions of the 
Forest. Mardi Gras, First Day. 

April i8th — Grocers' Day ; Mardi Gras, Second Day. 

April 19th — Humboldt County ; Wisconsin Day ; Society of 
Happy Badgers ; Mardi Gras, Third Day. 

April 2oth — Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West. 

April 2ist — Amateur Athletic Association Sports. 

April 23d — Poet's Day, Shakespeare's Day; St. George's 
Society. ^ 

April 24th — Austrian Kmpire ; Horticultural Congress. 

April 25th — I. O. O. F. and California Volunteers. 

April 26th— I. O. O. F. and Daughters of Rebekah. 

April 27th — Grand Army of the Republic. 

April 28th — Boys' Brigade. 

April 30th — Danish Day, 

May ist — California Day ; Our Children's Day. 

May 2d — Colored Americans. 

May 3d — Merced and Mariposa ; College Professors' Ass'n. 

May 4th — Firemen's Day ; South Dakota Day ; Geographical 
Day. 

May 5th — Steam Kngineers ; Olympic Club ; Fly Casting 
Tournament. 

May 7th — San Rafael Rose Festival ; Cal. Pharmacy Society. 

May 8th — Mendocino County ; College of Pharmacy. 

May 9th— German Day, May-day Festival ; S. F. & O. Turn 
Vereins. 

May loth — Solano County ; University Debates. 

May nth — Mills Seminary ; Viticultural Day. 

May 12th — Independent Order of Red Men ; Tammany. 

May 14th — Swedish Day. 

May 15th — Old Friends ; Nevada State. 

May i6th — United Ancient Order of Druids. 

May 17th — State of Minnesota; Norwegian Day. 

May i8th — Women's Christian Temperance Union ; San 
Mateo. 

May I9tli — Knights of Pythias. 

May 2ist — St. Mary's College. 

May 22d — Miners' CongrCvSS ; Tanialpais Mil. Academy. 

May 23d — Butchers' Day. 



182 ALL ABOUT THE MIDWINTER FAIR 

Days Set for Special Celebrations — Conciaded 

May 24th — British Kmpire Day. 
May 25tli — Napa County. 
May 26tli — Letter Carriers' Day. 
May 28th — Kastern California Pioneers. 
May 29th — Kings County Day ; Hahnemann College. 
May 30th — Decoration Day; Memorial Services and Parade. 
May 31st — Oriental, or Ottoman, Day. 
June ist — Aldermen's Day. 

June 2d — Italian Day ; Foreign Military Tournament. 
June 4th — Monterey County . 

June 5th — North and South Carolina ; Colored Americans' 
Day. 

June 6th — St. Ignatius and Santa Clara Colleges ; Maine Day. 

June 7th — Portuguese Day and ''The Berlins." 

June 8th — Horticultural Day. 

June 9th — Ancient Order of Foresters of America. 

June nth — Hawaiian Day. 

June 12th — Texas Day ; California Medical College. 

June 13th — Dental Association. 

June 14th — Santa Clara County. 

June 15th — Swiss Day ; Sonoma County. 

June i6th — Scotch Day and Scottish Sports. 

June i8th — Bunker Hill and Tuolumne County Reunion. 

June 19th — Ancient Order of United Workmen. 

June 2oth — Sacramento Day ; Slavonian Day. 

June 2ist — San Francisco Federation of Women. 

June 22d — Montenegro, Servia and Roumania Day. 

June 23d — Finlandish Day. 

June 25th — Tulare County; Eastern College Alumni. 

June 26th — Woodmen of the World. 

June 27th — Cooper Medical College. 

June 28th — Pacific Coast Commercial Travelers, 

June 29th— Spanish Day; M. M. B. S. 

June 30th — Sunset Day; Young Men's Institute. 

NOTK— 

On every Saturday, whether noted or not in the foregoing 
list. Amateur Athletic Association Sports will be included in the 
programme ; also, every Sunday. 

Sunday at the Fair— 

The Midwinter Exposition will be open every day through 
the season, Sundays included; but no special arrangement has 
been made by the Kxecutive Committee for the latter in the list 
of ** Special Days." Sunday dates have, consequently, been 
omitted from the foregoing list. 



THE FAIR GROUNDS 183 

Free List at the Fair — 

The admission fee to the Fair Grounds, which is paid at the 
entrance gate, is fifty cents. It is good for one day only, and it 
entitles the visitor to free access to the following buildings : 

Administration Marine Caf6 (fish on exhibition 
Agricultural and Horticultural cooked to order) 

Alameda County Mechanical Arts 

Anne Hathaway's Cottage Monterey County 

(British) Northern California 

Canadian Oregon 

Central Court (including electric San Joaquin County 

tower, fountains and gardens) g^n Mateo County 

Chocolate Pavilion Santa Clara County 

Concert Stand (Iowa and Mid- Santa Cruz County 

winter Fair Bands) •' 



Festival Hall 
Fine Arts 



Southern California 
Taber's Photographic 



^ „ Vienna Prater (with yodlers and 

German Tavern round tables) 

Humboldt County Yaqui Pottery Makers 

!^ranufactures Santa Barbara County 

Nevada State Building is also on the Free List, and is located 
near the Forty-Nine Camp. 

Side-show Charg-es — 

After entering the Fair Grounds, there are forty-one side 
shows, independent of the exhibition buildings, to which the 
visitor gains admission by the payment of a special fee. The full 
list of their charges is as follows : 

Admission to Fair Grounds $o 50 

Arizona Curiosities 25 

Automatic Race-course 25 

Balloon (captive) Grounds, 10 

Balloon Trip , 50 

Boone's Arena 50 

Cairo Street 10 

Camel Ride 25 

Chinese Building 25 

Chinese Theatre 25 

Colorado Gold Mine 25 

Dancing Girls 25 

Dante's Inferno 25 

Donkey Ride 15 

Fgyptian Hall 25 

Flectric Theatre 25 

P^squimanx Village 25 

P'irth WluHM 25 

I^'oote's Mustnnu 25 

P'orly-nine Dance House 25 



184 ALL ABOUT THE MIDWINTER FAIR 

Side-show Charges— Concluded 

* Forty-nine Mining Camp ^o 25 

Forty-nine Theatre 25 

Grand Stand (Athletic Grounds) 25 

Green's Sculpture Bxhibit 25 

Haunted Swing 25 

Hawaiian Cyclorama 50 

Hawaiian Village 25 

Heidelberg Castle 10 

Heidelberg Concert Hall 25 

Japanese Village 25 

Merry-go-round. . 5 

Moorish Mirror Maze 25 

Mummy Kxhibit 10 

Oriental Concert 25 

Oriental Theatre 25 

Oriental Village 25 

Ostrich Farm 25 

Phonograph 5 

Roumanian Concert Hall 25 

Santa Barbara Sea Lions 25 

Scenic Railroad , 10 

White Cloud Indians 25 

Total |io 10 

■^ The Nevada State Building is adjoining the Forty-nine 
Mining Camp. 



The expense, once inside the Fair Grounds, may be increased 
by the visitor ad libitum by investments in curios, mementoes, 
flowers and refreshments. 

Cost of Fair Buildings— 

The following amounts have been spent on the buildings : 

Administration % 31,000 

Agricultural and Horticultural 55, 000 

Annex Liberal Arts 8,500 

Alameda County 5, 000 

Arizona Curios 4,000 

Anne Hathaway 's Cottage 6,000 

Balloon (captive) 5, 000 

Boone's Arena 4,000 

Canadian Headquarters 4,000 

Chinese Village 15,000 

Chocolate Pavilion 6,000 

Dante's Inferno 3,500 

Electrical Tower 80,000 



THJE FAIR GROUNDS 185 

Cost of Fair Building's— Concluded 

Ksquimaux Village $ 7,000 

Fine Arts \ 55, 000 

Festival Hall . . . . .\ 15,000 

Flemish Dairy 1,000 

Firth Wheel 35,000 

Fountains (2) 30,000 

Hawaiian Village 8,000 

Heidelberg SchlOvSS . 10,000 

Hunter's Hall 2,000 

Haunted Swing 2,000 

Japanese Village 4,000 

Manufactures and Liberal Arts 106,000 

Mechanical Arts 75,000 

Mirror Maze 2,000 

Mining Camp 2,500 

Monterey County 5, 000 

Nevada State 5, 000 

Northern California 10,000 

Oregon 5, 000 

Oriental Village 45, 000 

Old Paris 2 ,000 

Ostrich Farm 2, 000 

Roumanian 2,500 

Race Course 3, 000 

San Joaquin County. ... 10,000 

San Mateo Count}^ 5, 000 

Santa Cruz County 3, 000 

Santa Clara County 5, 000 

Southern California 10,000 

Santa Barbara Seals 5 ,000 

vScenic Railroad i 2.000 

Yaqui Indian Village i ,000 

Santa Barbara Building 2,000 

Humboldt County Building 8,000 

Viticultural Building 10,000 

Forty-Nine Camp 8,700 

Automatic Race Course 

Aquarium and Fisheries 



Colorado Gold Mine- 
Near the eastern entrance to the KxjDosilion Grounds is a 
model of a Colorado gokl mine, admission to which is obtained 
through a fac-simile of a mining tunnel, excavated into the 
mound in which the model is exhibited. 



PLAN 

GULlFORNIll MIDWINTER 
INTERNHTIONflL 

EXPOSITION 

1894 




188 ALL ABOUT THE MLDWLNTER FALR 



State and County Commissioners- 
Following is a list of State Commissioners : 

Comtnissioner at I/arge in California— For the Pacific States 
— Cragie Sharp, Jr. 

Arizona— M. E. Collins, W. D. Fubviler, W. K. James, Bruce Perley, 
W. I. Van Horn, C. R. Hakes. 

Montana— Thos. G. Merrill, Hon. J. E. Richards, S. N Nicholson. 

Nevada— J. A. Yerrington, Hawthorne, Nev. ; ^Y. E. Sharon, Virginia 
City, Nev; C. H. Stoddard, Reno, Nev.; P. H. Mulcahy, Reno, Nev.; W. T. 
Smith, Elko. Nev. 

Oregon— Geo. T. Meyer and Capt. H. E. Mitchell, Portland. 

Utah Territory— W, E. Hubbard, B. F. Grant, H. Bamburger, M. J. 
Gray, T. G. Webber. 



Cai^ifornia Counties — 

Following is a list of the California Commissioners for the 
various counties : 

Alameda— Yr&n^ J. Moffitt, J. P. McDonald, H. W. Meek, Jas. P. Crane, 
Eli S. Uennison, Oakland. 

J.?pme— Frank Smith, Markleyville. 

Amador— J. H. Tibbltts, Jackson, Chairman; E. C. Voorhies, Treasurer, 
Slitter Creek: John Graham, Secretary, Forest Home; T. M. Muir, lone; 
C. Shea, Volcano. Financial Committee— Geo. ^iurphy, Jackson; Matt. 
Murray, lone; F. W. Bradsley, Volcano; Morris Bruin, Sutter Creek; Geo. C. 
Jenning, Drytown. 

Butte— Gen. J. W. B. Montgomery, Cana, Chairman; E. Tucker, Secre- 
tary, Oroville; M. L. Mery, Chico; W. P. Hammon, Biggs; R. C. Giubbs, 
Wyandotte; B. F. Allen, Commissioner and Superintendent, Chico. 

Calaveras — A. L. Willie, San Andreas, Chairman; A. H. Messenger, C. 
M. Burleson, Otto Dolling, Capt. H. A. Messenger. 

Colusa — L. F. Moulton, Colusa, Chairman; Oscar Robinson, Secretary, 
Colusa; W. J. Clark, College City; R. Jones, Superintendent. 

Contra Costa — A. A. Bailey, Martinez: Patrick Toomey, Hanz Rook, R, 
C. Leny, Chas. Montgomery, S.Fargeon, J. M. Stone, Read McCroney, E. Terry. 

Del Xorte— Hon. Jas. E. Murphy, Crescent City, Chairman. 
Fred Frantz, Secretary; Hon. Thos. Duffy. 

El Dorado— Geo. E. Pierce, Placerville, Chairman. 
R. Alderson, Secretary, Max Mierson, Treasurer; J. B. Alderson, J. F. 
Lienpensil, Wm. White, Geo. Hofmeister, Superintendent. P. 0. Address, 
Placerville. 

Fresno— F. G. Berry, Chairman. 
Alex. Goldstein, Secretary; L. Gundelfinger, Treasurer, H. Sherwood, W. R. 
Thomas, T. C. White, J. Vogel, T. E. Hughes. P. O. Address, Fresno. 

Glenn— }^. K. Spect, W. A. Shoen, G. V. St. Louis, W. H. Sale, F. St. Louis. 

Humboldt — J. G. Loveren, Eureka, Chairman. 
Robt. Smith, Secretary; Josiah Bell, Treasurer; E. H. Vance, J. S. Brown. 
P. O. Address, Eureka. 

Jai2/o— Dennis J. Hessian, Independence. 

Kem—}^. R. Paokard, Bakersfield ; C. F. Wilson, H. A. Blodget, H. A. 
Jasbro, S. W. Wible, President; T. E. Valentine, Secretary. 

Kings— Dv. Lucius E. Felton, Hanford, President; D. R. Cameron, 
Hanford, Secretary; G. M. Stolp, 84 Crocker Building, San Francisco, Mana- 
ger ; E. E. Bush, D. Lucas, F. A. Blakely, Hanford : Samuel Biddle, F. A. Stolp. 



THE FAIR GROUNDS 189 

Lake—W. F. Foster, Kelseyville, Chairman. 
W. A. Maxwell, Kelseyville, Secretary; Ira C. Jenks, Lakeport, Manager; 
Joseph Pentecost, E. Fowler, Middletown; Daniel Jones, Samuel Graham, 
Lower Lake; Oscar E. Middaugh, F. V. Gibson, Lakeport; Henry Wamboldt, 
Nathan Graham, Upper Lake; G. W. Minstrell, Lakeport, Commissioner-at- 
Large. 

Lassen— W. H. Burrill, Susanyille. 

Los Angeles— J. S. Slauson, Chairman. 
Chas. Forman, Treasurer; C. D. Willard, Secretary; Frank Wiggins, Super- 
intendent and General Manager, Southern California Building. P. O. 
Addrtss, Los Angeles. 

Madera—J. S. Osborn, W. E. Wolf, B. W. Child, Madera. 

Marin— J. W. Sperry, Sausalito, Chairman. 
Geo. W. Burbank, Tomales; Geo. D. Shearer, San Rafael; Thos. S. Bonneau, 
San Kafael, Secretary. 

Mariposa— Thos. McElligott, Mariposa, Chairman. 
John Hanna, Horaitos, Manager; C. L. Mast, Coulterville; H. W. Cornett, 
Cathay; J. J. Westfall, Darrah. 

Mendocino— L. W. Babcoek, Ukiah, Chairman. 
Carl Purdy, Ukiah, Secretary; W. D. White, Ukiah; Mrs. J. S. Reed, Cahto. 

Merced—'^. H. Wilson, Merced, Chairman. ^ 

Mrs. J. A. Robinson, Snelling; C. W. Wood, Volta. 

JfocZoc— Marion Hughes, Alturas. 

Mono— J. D. Murphy, Bridgeport; J. H. Leggett, Jno. W. Kelly, R. T. 
Pierce, H. O. Pitts. 

Monterey— B.. A. Greene, Monterey, Chairman. 
J. A. Trescony, San Lucas, Secretary; J. D. Carr, Salinas; D. G. MacLean, 
Salinas, Superintendent. 

Napa—Z. W. Garfield, Napa, Chairman. 

J. R. Morris, Monticello, Secretary; John Even, Napa; Neweome, Oat 

Hill; Chet. F. Wood, Napa, Commissioner and Superintendent. 

Nevada— Geo. Mainhart, Gra^s Valley. Chairman. 
D. B. Marwick, Grass Valley, Secretary; Fred. Zeitler, Nevada City; S. P. 
Dorsey, Grass Valle>, Ireasurer. 

Nevada State Building— J. A. Yerringtou, Chairman and Manag. Director, 
Hawthorne. Nev.; C. H. Stoddard, Secretary, Reno, Nev.; W. E. Sharon, 
Virginia City, Nev.; P. H. Mulcahy, Reno, Nev.; W. T. Smith, Elko, Nev. 

Orange— D. T. Breck, Santa Ana. 

Placer— J. F. Madden, Newcastle, Chairman. 
Wm. B. Hayford, Colfax; E. W. Maslin, Loomis; I. Meyer, San Francisco, 
Superintendent. 

Plumas— W . H. Leek, Quincy. 

Riverside— J. R. Newberry, Riverside. Chairman. 
F. T. Lindenberger, Winchester, Secretary ; E. E. Hamilton, South Riverside. 

Sacramento— K Greer, Sacramento, Chairman. 
W. B. Hamilton, David Reese, T. B. Hall, Sacramento. 

San Benito— J. A. Scholefield, HoUister, Chairman. 
Wm. Palintag, Holli^ter; Thos. McMahon, 628 Market Street, San Francisco; 
Blanche Heiss; G W. Cole, Hollister and San Francisco, Superintendent. 

San Bernardino— T S. Tugraham, Chairman. 
Chas. D. llrtmiltou, San Bernardino; Scipio Craig, J. C. Lynch, S. W. Grow, 
Superintendent. 

San Diego— llosmQv P. McKoon, Chairman. 
Ralph Grainger, R. H. Young, San Diego, J. C. Frisbie, Superintendent. 

San Francisco— yi C. Haley, San Francisco. 

San Joaquin J, D. Huffman, Lodi, Chairman. 
P. A. Buell, Stockton. Vice-(^halrnian ; W. A. Daggett, Stockton. Secretary; 
R. C. Sargent, (;. VV. Tatterson, S. 1). Woods, Henrv Harnhart, C. M. Weber, 
.1. 1). (;ail,(Mias. Mc(;han, Stockton. 



190 ALL ABOUT THE MIDWINTER FAIR 

San Luis Obispo—X. M. Hardie, Oayucos, Chairman. 

A. F. Gorham, 8an Miguel; J. F. Beckett, Arroyo Grande. 

San Mateo— F. P. Thompson, Redwood City, Chairman. 
Chas. E. Knapp, San Mateo, Secretary; R. I. Knapp, Half Moon Bay. 

Santa Barbara — P. J. Barber, Santa Barbara, Chairman. 
I. K. Fistier, M. B. McDuffee, Santa Barbara; Mrs. Ida M, Blochman, Santa 
Maria; F. A. Garey, Graciosa; Dr. Z. W. Sauaders, Lompoc; Capt. Lew 
Harris, Los Alamos; John de la Ciiesia, Santa Ynez; J. R. Thurmond, E. J. 
Knapp, Carpinteria; W. Alston Hayne, Kinton Ste^ ens, Montecito; Clio L. 
Lloyd, Superintendent. 

Santa Clara— W. C. Andrews, Chairman. 
Philo. Hersey, Vice-Chairman ; C. M. Wooster, Treasurer; S. G. Benson, 
Secretary; W. G. Hawlev, T. S. Montgomery, J. H.Flickinger. P. O. Address, 
San Jose. E. E. Goodrich, El Quito; V. Koch, E. S. Butler, W. J. Rodgers, 

C. A. Fuller, Saa Jose; H. J. Alderman, Santa Clara; G. W. Grant, Berry tssa; 
Chas. J. Carle, Milpitas; Alfred ehew,Evergr. en; F. C. Staniford, S. Willey, 
S. T. Moore, Gilroy; Fenn Massol, J. High am, Los Gatos; Henry McClearv, 
-Mountain View; Walter Miller, C. i). Marx, Stanford IJ diversity; M. W. 
Tiiikham, San Jose; F. M. Righter, Campbell; J. A. Chase. S. B. Caldwell, 
J. H. Flickinger, Manager; C. R. Merriam, Superintendent, San Jose. 

Santa Oruz—S. F. Thorn, Grand Hotel, San Francisco, Commissioner and 
Manager; A. P. Stanton, Aptos; E. G. Greene, Santa Cruz. 

Shasta~J. M. Gleaves, Redding, Secretary; Dr. J. H. Muller, Redding; 
Adam Schuman, Cottonwood; J. Scranton, Shasta; J. S. P. Bass, Stillwater, 
Commissioner and Superintendent. 

Sierra— F. R. Wehe, Downieville, Chairman. 
Appointed by Board of Supervisors of Downieville; H. H.Meyer, Downie- 
ville; A. S. Nichols, Sierra Valley. Appointed by Cal. Miners' Association; 
W. F. Eschbacher, Downieville, Chairman and Secretary; F. Burleigh, M. D., 
Los Angeles; C. B. Wingate, Gebsonville. 

Siskiyou— F. H. Autenreith, Yreka, Chairman. 
James Vance, San Francisco, Secretary; H. J. Diggles, Fort Jones; B. B. 
Jackson, Yreka; W. L. Leland, Sisson; L. F. Coburn, Daniel Ream, Y'reka. 

Solano— Y. H. Buck, Vaeaville, Chairman. 

D. M. Hart, Benicia, Secretary; J. F. Bro ^n, Dixon, Treasurer; C. F. Wyer, 
Winters, Yolo Co., Manager; Grant Chadbourne, Suisun, E. McGettigan, 
Vallejo. 

Sonoma— T. A. Close, Superintendent; Wm. F. Wines, Santa Rosa; John 
Merritt, Jonathan Roberts, Robt. A. Poppe, J. W. Hotchkis«i, Chm. Ex. Com., 
Healdsburg; Don. Mills, Secretary, Santa Rosa; Robt. Hall, Sonoma; J. G. 
Heald, Cloverdale; E. E. Miller, Sebastopol; R. Andrews, Petaluma; John 
Overton, Santa Rosa: A. Sbarboro, 527 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. 

Stanislaus— J. A. Lewis, Modesto. 

Sutter— B. F. Watson, C. R. Wilcoxon, Y^uba City; R. C. Kells, H. B. 
Stabler. 

Tehama— G. G. Kimball, Red Bluff, Chairman. 

C. T. Alvord, Red Bluff, S^-'Cretary ; Mrs. Bertha Reid. Mrs. W. H. HaHey, N. 
P. Chipman, D. B. Lyon, Red Bluff"; John Simpson, Tehama; Frank Hough- 
ton, Corning; J. Granville Jones, Capt. W. H. Mclntyre, Vina; G. H. 
Flournoy, Superintendent. 

Trinity— R. L. Carter, E. H. Benjamin, Weaverville; T. E. Jones, Pres. 

TtUare—W.B. Hammond, Visalia; G. W. Tozier, Tulare; M. J. Rouse, 

B. F. Bishop, Emil Newmfln, Philip Buyer, Porterville; H.Thomas, Superin- 
tendent, Visalia; J. O. Lovejoy, Tulare. 

Tuolumne— 1>. M. Ortega, Sonora; John B. Boyle, M. B. Harriman, C. S. 
Fitch, J. H. Shine, Chairman, Sonora Postoffice; J. H. We&t, Jas. Goodwin, 
R. D. Oliver, I. H. Neale, Chas. J. Krythser, Secretary. 

Ventura— Hon. Thos. R. Baird, Hueneme, Chairman. 
B. W. Dudley, Ventura, Vice-Chairman; F. A, Foster, San Francisco and 
Ventura, Secretary and Superintendent; J. F. Mclntyre, Fillmore, Acting- 
Secretary; N. Blackstock, Ventura. 

Yolo—'R. W. Pendergast, Woodland. 

Yuba—R. W. Skinner, Marysville Chairman and General Manager. 

D. E. Knight, Marysville; A. J. Walker, Marysville, Commissioner and 
Superintendent. 



THE FAIR GROUNDS 191 

Foreig"n Commissioiiers — 

Unrepresented Countries— Chey H. B. Hardt, Commissioner. 

Austria- Hung aria—Usi^hsiel Kuhe, Commissioner-General , Oscar Moser 
Assistant Commissioner-General. 

Brazil— Frederic Richard, Commissioner-General. 

Belgium— J . Pierson, Commissioner-General; Emile Ramlot, Comm'r. 

Costa Eica— Theodore H. Mangel, Commissioner-General. 

Canada— A. C. Oldenburg, Commissioner-General; H. B. Hardt, As- 
sistant Commissioner-General; Jas. Anderson, Assistant-Commissioner. 

Denmark— YiGe-CoTLSVLl Otto A. Dreyer, Commissioner-General. 

France— Leopold Bonet, Commissioner- General; T. W. Stemmler, As- 
sistant Commissioner-General; Hugo Benedix, Assistant-Commissioner. 

Great Britain, East Indies and British Colonies— J oseiph H. Stiles, Com- 
missioner-General; Arthur Fisher, Ass't Commissioner-General; Herbert 
H. Stiles, Assistant-Commissioner. 

Ceylon— Y. R. Foster and Wm. Cockburn, Commissioners. 

Guatemala— Charles W. Kohlsaat, Commissioner-General; Don :^ranuel 
Re^ma Barrios, Assistant Commissioner-General. 

Greece— Count E. Valcourt de Vermont, Commissioner-General. 

Honduras— T)r. W. T. Thackery, Commissioner-General ; H. B. Hardt, 
Assistant Commissioner-General. 

Italy— CheYSilier T. Silombra, Chief Commissioner-General; Chevalier 
A. Macehi, Commissioner-General; E. Patrizi C. E. and Dr. L. Olivieri, 
Assistant Commissioners. 

Japan— Fr&n^L A. Koidzumi, Commissioner-General; I. Ischida, Assist- 
ant Commissioner-General. 

Luxeinburg-Peiul Metz, Commissioner. 

Mexico— Col. George M. Green, Commisf?ioner-General. 

iHfonaco— Chevalier A. Macehi, Commissioner-General ; E. Ferraris, 
Assistant Commissioner. 

Oriental Countries— Count E. Valcourt de Vermont, Commissioner-Gen'l; 
Albert Souhami, Assistant Commissioner-General. 

Ottoman Empire— Consul George E. Hall. Commissioner Gen'l; William 
Northrup Cowles, Assistant Commissiorher-General. 

Portugal— Comm&nder Alexandre Michelsoti, Commissioner-General. 

Roumania, Servia and Mo7itenegro—W . E. von .lobannsen, Com. -General. 

Russia— Louis M. Hamburger, Commissioner-Cenornl ; Gregoire Goles- 
nogradoff. Assistant (Commissioner-General. 

Spain— .Josv Ferrando,('onimissi()ner-General ; FillipoGeroud, Assistant 
Commissioner (icneral, 

^Smm— Frederic Meyer, (oniniissioner-Gcneral. 

Sweden -"SI. Samuel, Commissioner-General 

Switzerland -Henno Oberniayei', Connniasioner (ieneral 



192 ALL ABOUT THE MIDWINTER FAIR 

Foreigrn Consuls- 
Foreigners visiting the Fair desiring to confer with the local 
representatives of their respective nations will find the following 
list of service : 

Argentine Republic— J. L. Schleiden, Consul, 207 Battery. 

Austro-Hungarian Empire— Yismcis Korbel, Consul, 308 Battery. 

Belgium — Wilfrid B. Chapman, Consul, C. L. Tamm, Vice-Consul, 123 
California. 

Bolivia— F. Herrera, Consul, 218 California. 

Brazil — D. L. Randolph, Yice-Consul, 12 Montgomery. 

Chile — Nephtali Guerrero, Consul-General, 621 Clay; W. D. Catton, Vice- 
Consul, 430 California. 

CMna— Li Yung Yew, Consul-General; King Owyang, Yice-Consul, 806 
Stockton. 

Columbia— Xdolto Canal, Consular Agent, 319 California. 

Costa iJica— Hafael Gallegos, Consul-General, 230 California. 

Denmark— J. Simpson, Consul, 22 California. 

Ecuador— J ola.TiT. Wright, Consul, 610 Market. 

France— L. de Lalande, Consul; E. A. Pesoli, Yice-Consul, 604 Com- 
mercial. 

German Empire— Adol^h Rosenthal, Consul-General; Oswald Lohan, 
Yice-Consul, 318 Sacramento. 

Great Britain— Denis Donohoe, Consul; Wellesley Moore, Yice-Consul, 
506 Battery. 

Greece— D. G. Camarinos, Consul, 519 Sansome. 

Guatemala — J. Diaz Duran, Consul, 204 Front, room 18. 

Hawaiian JsZa?zds— Charles S. Wilder, Consul-General, 206 Sansome. 

Honduras— ^ohu T. Wright, Consul, 640 Market. 

Italy— G. Branchi, Consul-General; Cesare Poma, Yice-Consul, 506 
Battery. 

Japan— Sutemi Chinda, Consul, Phelan Building. 

Mexico— Ales.. K. Coney, Consul-General, 604 Clay. 

Netherlands— ^SiVaes, de Fremery, Consul; W. C. B. cle Fremery, Yice- 
Consul, 530 California. 

iS^icaragrita— William L. Merry, Consul-General, 204 Front, room 2. 

Paraguay — P. J. Yan Loben Sells, Consul. 

Peru — J. Emilio Lassus, Consul-General, 606 Montgomery. 

Portugal— :i. de Costa Duarte, Consul, 605 Clay; H. Laidley, Yice-Consul, 
323 Montgomery. 

i^itssia— Yladimir Arisimoyitch, Consul; Horace G. Piatt, Yice-Consul, 
Aim California. 

Eoumania—S^, E. Von Johannsen, Consul, 220 California. 

Salvador— J. M. Roma, Consul, 123 California. 

/Spam— Jorge Madrilley, Consul, 411 >^ California. 

Sweden and Norway— B.enTj Lund, 214 California. 

Switzerland— Antoine Borel, Consul, 311 Montgomery. 

Titr^e^/— George E. Hall, Consul, 329 Market. 

Uruguay— Jose Costa, Consul, 330 Montgomery. 

Fe7ie2;i(e?a— Alexander E. Grogan, Consul, 318 California. 



THE FAIR GROUNDS 193 



Concessionaires on the Grounds — 

The following is a list of the concessions on the grounds : 

SaQ Francisco Bonet Electric Tower 

Petit & Co., Frencli Restaurant 

P. Nicholini, German Restaurant 

Chas. Nemetz, Model Restaurant 

Albert Raas, Caf6 Riche 

Oriental Syndicate, Oriental Village, Cairo Street, Oriental Dancers, etc. 

Chinese Midwinter Exposition Co., Chinese Village 

Hawaiian Exposition Co.,, Cyclorama of Mr.. Kilauea & Hawaiian Village 

Vienna Prater Co., Vienna Prater, Papa Seidle's & Hungarian Csarda 

Victor D. Duboce, Manager Firth Wheel 

Edwin Cawston, Ostrich Farm 

E. W. Gaty, Santa Barbara Amphibia 
Leo. Bonet, Hunter's Hall 

G. T Marsh. Japanese Village 

F. S. Dobs, Arizona Indians 

W. E. Von Johnnsen, Roumanian Building, Concert Hall, etc. 

Geo. Adams Sons & Co., Gum Girls 

Walter Baker dz; Co., Chocolate Pavilion 

E. Daniel Boone, Wild Animal Arena 

Santa Clara County Building 

Monterey County Building 

Northern California Building ^ 

Valise & Giorgi, Mandolin Orchestra 

Mrs. Caroline S. Brooks, Studio for Butter and Marble Sculpture 

C. B. Welsh, Maple Products, Cakes, Coffee, etc. 

P. M. Daniel, Esquimaux Village, Snow House Restaurant 

Mark L. Stone, Mirror Mystic Maze 

Cragie Gordon, Camera Obscura 

H, Alberts, Heidelberg Castle, Golden Bear Inn 

Wm. Keast & Co., Colorado Gold Mine 

Mrs. Mary P. King, Scientific Kitchen 

L. A. Thompson, Scenic Railroad, Palm Garden, Restaurant & Swedish Caf6 

Foster & Cockburn, Ceylon Tea Court 

'49 Mining Camp Co., Mining Camp, Dance Hall, Concert Hall, Saloons, etc. 

Richard Foote, Illusions 

L. Grothwell, Registration Bureau and Postoffice 

E. Bounegage, Flemish Dairy 

San Joaquin County Building 

R. F. Hafford, Arizona Stuffed Birds and Luna Illusion 

Canadian Club, Canadian Cottage and Club Rooms 

I. W. Taber, Photosrraph Gallery 

Southern California Building 

A. L. Stone, Dairy Villa 

G. S. Cook, Bicycle Shed 

A. T. Smith, Dante's Inferno 

Chas. Romain, Hayti Coffee Booth 

A. Young, Aquarium & Marine Restaurant 

H. Roltair, Egyptian Hall 

Murao & Meyoshi, Japanese Tea 

Dr. White Cloud, Roddy & Daniels, Indian Village 

Herbert Bankert, Cosmopolitan Louvre Restaurant 

T. Richards, Brazilian Coffee Booth 

James Albert Cathcart, Haunted Swing 

E. M. Foster, Tamale Kitchen 

R. De Cornelly, Electric Theatre and Cafti 

R. De Cornelly, Parisian Fine Arts and Statuary 

M. J. Morley, Palace of Black vVrt 

G. T. Marsh, Japanese Jiiiirikshas 

L. J. B. Bourgeois, Wallle and Coffee Booth 

A. W. Meyer, Home Comfort, Coffee & Chocolate Booth 

A. Thorn an, St. Bernard Dog Show 

Ayers, Miller iSi Spencer, Oregon Hydraulic Mine 

Albois Fisher, Cosmorama of World's ('olumbian Expositit)n 

George H. Swanev, San Francisco in '49 

Bertha Myard, Olymphian Temple 

Jos. Baker c^ Sons, Fee ('ream and Confectionery Booth 

Storey ct IloUoway, Automatic Race Course 

H. Roltair, Palace of Illusions 

E. AUier, Agent, Dahomey Village 



194 



ALL ABOUT THE MIDWINTER FAIR 



The Model Moustache Spoon. 

(patented) 

One of the Novelties of the Exposition pronounced a success and used 
b}' man}' prominent people. 

WarniDg" to all Concerned — 

This is the only ^^Xxsi'diOXoxy Moustache Spoon ever made. Has 
positively and absolutely the only correct shape and all necessary 
features that are essential for a Moustache Spoon; without these 
a ^loustache Spoon is impracticable and useless. Completely 
covered by U. S. Patent : the least infringement thereon will be 
immediately prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. 




Every man having a proper regard for his appearance and 
comfort when eating should use this spoon , 

This spoon will be popular with ladies as an appropriate gift 
to gentlemen, and it is an elegant and useful Souvenir of our 
Exposition. Price, $1.50 and upward. 

On sale in Mechanical Arts Building, Midwinter Fair, and b}' 
all Jewelers in San Francisco. 



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THE FAIR GROUNDS 



195 




MANUI^ACTURES AND T^lB:eRAI, ARTS BUIIvDING 



Pen Extractor- 



Among the interesting exhibits in the Manufactures and 
Liberal Arts Building is that of Phelps & Dayton's Pen Extractor, 
which is located in the southeast portion of the building near the 
Canadian Kxhibit. 

This device is a California invention, and is a very unique 
and useful novelty, inasmuch as it does away with the annoyance 
heretofore connected with the extracting of the pen from the 
holder, as with the aid of this device the pen is easily and quickly 
extracted from the holder without soiling the fingers. 

Mr. Alton A. Dayton is the inventor. They are manufactured 
by Phelps & Dayton, 13 and 15 Drumm St., San Francisco. 



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